Trousers that are ideally suited in size and style sometimes turn out to be faulty in length and need to be shortened. Hemming trousers with a sewing machine is easy, but you need to be careful.
It is necessary
- - pants;
- - braid;
- - a piece of chalk;
- - square;
- - sewing accessories;
- - special adhesive tape.
Instructions
Step 1
Put on your trousers and mark the length of the leg (up to the middle of the heel). Place the garment on a horizontal surface with the back half facing you; a white mark should be visible on the leg (bottom line). Then measure from this mark above 1.5 cm and put the second (No. 2) mark.
Step 2
Take a square with a right angle and in relation to the front fold of the pants and mark # 2, draw a straight line to the crotch seam, and then connect to mark # 1. Leave an allowance for the hem of the product within 4-4.5 cm, since newly purchased pants may shrink after washing.
Step 3
Step 4, 5 cm down from the first line (fold of the allowance), draw a parallel cutting line along which cut off the excess fabric. Overcast the hem with zigzag stitches or overlock sewing machines.
Step 4
Decorate the braid. Since the braid is made from natural and durable fibers, after water treatment it gives a strong fabric shrinkage. So that in the future the bottom of the trousers does not wrinkle, you should thoroughly subject the ribbon to heat treatment. Steam the braid thoroughly with a very hot iron and steam generator.
Step 5
Or soak the braid in hot water and soak for a while, then dry. Pin the finished tape to the fold line of the leg. Sew on a sewing machine, passing a line along the tape at a distance of 0.1 cm from the edge of the strip. Hide the corners of the tape with a needle under the linen strip so that they are inconspicuous from the front side.
Step 6
Fold the seam allowance together with the stitching tape on the inside of the trousers. Roll 0.1 cm so that the braid does not stick out from the front side. Use temporary stitches to baste the hem. Sew the bottom of the trousers by hand with blind stitches, bending back the allowance 0.5 cm.
Step 7
It is better to use an elastic "goat" seam, which seems to be hidden inside, to secure the folded edge of the fabric of the bottom of the trousers. Sewing is necessary by loosening the thread. This will allow the hem to be invisible from the front of the pants. Iron the leg. Hem the second leg in the same way.
Step 8
It is also possible to shorten (lengthen) the trousers using adhesive tape. Take adhesive tape of a certain length, equal to the width of your leg. Place the sticky side of the tape on the wrong side of the leg. Glue it on with a hot iron, ironing the sole of the iron on the paper side of the tape. So glue across the entire width of the leg.
Step 9
Let cool, then peel off the paper. Apply a leg allowance to the sticky areas and iron and steam again. This method is faster than sewing on, but keep in mind that after washing at temperatures above 40 ° C, the entire allowance will come off and you will need to iron it again. This method allows you to instantly change the length of your trousers if you change shoes with heels.
