How to hem pants? Helpful Hints

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

Almost every person had cases when the purchased clothes were subject to revision, and it was necessary to go to the atelier. For those people who have sewing skills, such situations are not a problem. Moreover, such craftsmen do not need to spend additional money and time on a trip to the studio. It can be noted that it is useful to know how to properly hem trousers, because this item of clothing is the most common type of clothing.

Preparatory stage

Having learned how to properly hem trousers, it will be useful to learn how to perform preliminary work. These include the following points:

1. Make a fitting. Pants must be worn so that the belt falls exactly at the level of the waist (exception: model on the hips). Tuck the product in place of contact with the floor and stab with pins. At the same time, there should be no creases, folds on the back of the pants, and in front,on the instep of the foot, the trousers should curl slightly.
2. Mark the fold line (the place that was stabbed with pins). Lay out the product on the table, fold the legs exactly so that the side seams match (if necessary, secure the position with needles). Check if the two halves are equal in length and mark the fold line using a ruler and crayon (or soap). From this level down, you need to postpone the amount of the allowance. In order to know how to hem trousers correctly, the following information will be useful: the size of the allowance depends on the model and is accepted for flared trousers no more than 2.5 cm, and for classic products 4 cm would be the best option.
3. Cut off excess length. Make bartacks in the side seams and process the bottom on an overlocker or a typewriter with a special stitch.

How to hem classic men's trousers?

Let's consider how the product is hem using a special braid. The following actions are carried out after the preparatory work. The highlights of hemming the hem of dress pants can be represented in the following list:

1. 

   Stitch the ribbon to the bottom of the product. To do this, the tape must be placed along the edge of the fold line from the allowance so that it comes out only 1 mm above the hem level. Lay a line without going beyond the fold of the product. Also sew the second end of the braid on the allowance.

2. Take the bottom of the trousers. To do this, you need to turn off the allowances of the pants and lay running stitches by hand.
3. Fix the bottom of the product. This can be done in two ways: glue or sew on a typewriter. In order to perform the hem by the first method, you need to purchase a special web tape. Lay the adhesive strip in the fold (between the allowance and the main part of the product) and iron it with a hot iron (it is better to do this through a clean cloth so as not to damage the material of the trousers). In order to apply the second method, it is necessary to install a special foot designed for a blind seam on the sewing machine and lay a line (details on this operation can be found in the instructions for the device).
4. Remove basting stitches and iron garment.

Additional information

For those who are interested in information on how to properly hem women's trousers, we can say that these works are similar to the above information on how to hem a product for men. The exception is that in this case it is not necessary to sew on the braid. The rest of the steps also apply to women's items.

For those who do not have such an operation as a blind stitch in their sewing machine, it will be useful to learn how to properly hem trousers by hand. To do this, you may need a thin and long needle, threads that match the color of the base material, and pins. At the stage when the product has already been cut to the desired length and the bottom of the legs is processed on an overlock, you need to bend the allowances and secure them with pins. Thread the needle with a single thread (it is better to turn out the trousers). Sew an allowance tothe main part, slightly turning it away. The line is laid just below the finished edge. The needle should pass between the allowance and the trouser leg, grabbing a little on each side so that no stitches are visible from the right side. The thread should not be too tight. If the fabric of the trousers is very thin, it is better to use a beading needle.