Alter jeans length

Learn how to alter jeans at the waist and hem, and how to fix holes and fix zippers. Save your favorite jeans and make them fit perfectly.

I am short. There is no other way to put it. I’m barely 5′ tall. I think I’ve only bought two pairs of used jeans in my life that were already hemmed to my length…ever……

I have several pair of jeans that are perfectly good jeans, but just a size too large now. I've lived with them like this for a couple months now, thinking they weren't ill-fitting enough yet to make it worthwhile to ditch them and buy new ones (from a thrift store, of course - I don't really do new). However, recently it got to be too much. Why did I work my butt off (literally!) to lose all this weight just to hide it in baggy jeans? So I decided to do something about it! Here's what I'm…

Tutorial for how to lengthen jeans using the existing hem fabric

Being able to hem a pair of pants is all well and good, but what do you do when you need to lengthen them? You check out this tutorial, that's what!

Wear jeans while exercising; The wooden hanger method; The iron method; The bathtub method; The hairdryer method; Sew alteration...

Jeans that fit well are difficult to find. At least for me. I wanted to show how to make jeans bigger or smaller depending what you need. In these crazy Cov…

I love to buy jeans second hand but the waistbands are almost always too big for me! So, I figured out this neat trick for taking them in in no time!

Tired of wearing jeans that are too long for you? This brilliant sewing hack makes it easy to adjust the length while keeping the look of the original hem! I…

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Tina, here. Since we're covering this January core wardrobe staples every woman needs in her closet, I'm sure it's no shock to hear that blue jeans are on the list. Bootcut jeans. I want to dive in a bit deeper and talk a little more about... Bootcut jeans, how to buy jeans and

Jeans that fit well are difficult to find. At least for me. I wanted to show how to make jeans bigger or smaller depending what you need. In these crazy Cov…

My sister has very long legs and never seems to find well fitting jeans or trousers. So when she got two pairs of jeans passed on to her, she asked me if I could help. Of course I could, it even sounds like a lot of fun to me. I'll show you how to add length to jeans or trousers here. The first pair I added a extra piece of fabric into the leg. First I ironed the jeans as it is important that it's a clean cut. Then measured where to cut and how much. Marking it with a dissolveing fabric…

So, if I haven’t mentioned already, I scored 8 pairs of name brand jeans on eBay recently for a total of $35! I was super excited and knew I’d need to do alterations but figured I could…

Do you have a pair of jeans that you love, but are too short? Did you buy your child a pair of jeans only to have your child hit a growth spurt? Fortunately, there are several ways to lengthen a pair of jeans. This article will show you...

Shortening bootcut jeans with an "invisible seam".

Sometimes, the best way to make your old pair of jeans wearable is by turning them into capris. Follow these simple steps and give your jeans a new life as capris.