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If you know how to sew and don't want to spend the money at an alterations shop, here is a trick for how to hem denim jeans. This is not for a novice sewer, you must be able to sew at an intermediate (or better) level before trying this.
You will need: a smooth metal surface, a hammer, and jeans thread (in the correct color).
First, try on the jeans and have someone pin the jeans to the correct length, and remember, stand up straight and look straight ahead when the person is pinning (because if you look down at the person while they are pinning you are distorting your body and the hem will be crooked). Next, mark the hem with a marking tool (i.e. tailor chalk, basting) and mark enough seam allowance (most jeans hems are 1/2", but some brands have bigger hems so make sure to calculate carefully). Then, get a smooth metal surface and a hammer and roll up the hem to the correct hem length. At this point, hammer lightly on the inside of the garment at the outseam and inseam (where the inner leg and outer leg seams are), until they slowly and gradually get flatter. Once the outseam and inseam are as flat as the rest of the hemline, you can then put it under your machine and sew the hem in place using jeans thread.
I did alterations for 4 years, and this is one of the coolest tricks I learned.
Happy hemming.
You will need: a smooth metal surface, a hammer, and jeans thread (in the correct color).
First, try on the jeans and have someone pin the jeans to the correct length, and remember, stand up straight and look straight ahead when the person is pinning (because if you look down at the person while they are pinning you are distorting your body and the hem will be crooked). Next, mark the hem with a marking tool (i.e. tailor chalk, basting) and mark enough seam allowance (most jeans hems are 1/2", but some brands have bigger hems so make sure to calculate carefully). Then, get a smooth metal surface and a hammer and roll up the hem to the correct hem length. At this point, hammer lightly on the inside of the garment at the outseam and inseam (where the inner leg and outer leg seams are), until they slowly and gradually get flatter. Once the outseam and inseam are as flat as the rest of the hemline, you can then put it under your machine and sew the hem in place using jeans thread.
I did alterations for 4 years, and this is one of the coolest tricks I learned.
Happy hemming.
