written by threadslinger

I have ridiculously short legs. It used to make buying jeans one of the most miserable experiences on the planet because even the shorts weren’t short enough. But, then I actually broke down and paid to get my jeans professionally hemmed and when they came back I did what all good crafters do and thought “hey I can do that myself.” So, with the next pair I hemmed them myself. Here is a super easy way you can do it too.

Materials needed

-Sewing machine
-Good Scissors
-Pins
-Good iron

Step One:

Put on your jeans and measure how you long you would like them to be and pin them. Don’t forget to be wearing shoes you want to wear with the jeans. This is only really important if you wear heels regularly like this shorty and want to make sure your jeans are the right length.

Step Two:

Carefully cut the bottom of your jeans off. This is the most terrifying part for me, especially if you just dropped 150 bones on the jeans. Eeeee.

Step Three:

Turn the jeans inside out and sew the bottom part of your jeans you just cut off to your jeans. Be sure to line up the seams.

Step Four:

Once your hem is complete turn the jeans back the right side out. Press the seam really well with an iron to avoid it flipping out when you wash them and woot there are your new hot appropriate length jeans.