I am (sew) excited to share this tip with you on mending jeans!  Do you know often I had to shop in petite sections of the store not because I have  small hips by any means, but because I am short and I don’t like the fit of a mans jean.  My wardrobe became limited for jeans and pants because the sizes were picked over fast!  My husband is also a little shorter(sorry dear) and his jeans were always a tish to long, he used for them work and would wear them out super fast.  During our boys’ elementary years, I spent money at the local tailor shop to have jeans hemmed.  I did not know how to hem and to my knowledge at that time, my female relatives didn’t either.  We just didn’t discuss those kinds of things at our social gatherings.  I mean, how boring right?  But fast forward 20 some years, and alas, my sister-in-law, Liz, hems!!  oh happy day!

The story behind our discovery was that Kraig had gone to Goodwill and bought some work jeans and Kraig had brought it up conversation to Liz that he had bought them for a great deal but he can’t wear them because they were to long.  (Ladies, is it common for a man not to try clothes on before buying? I don’t get it.) Liz volunteered to hem them up.  All I had to do was pin the length.   Rock on.  I got this.  Mission accomplished and we sent the jeans with his brother to bring to his wife, Liz.  What brothers won’t do for each other!  We picked them up a couple of weeks later at a social gathering none the less and we were thrilled! She said that all I had to do was the cut fabric off.  I was confused.  When I got home, I studied how she did it and I can’t believe how easy it is to do.  I wish I would have known this 20 years ago!

These are the steps: