How to add length to your jeans or pants

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If you are like me, a lady with a 34" inseam, you know one time in the dryer can be the death of your favorite pair of jeans or pants. Well, not anymore! I have found a great solution for adding up to 2" back into the inseam of your pants or jeans!

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

your jeans or pants
water
a little "elbow greese"
a drying rack (the back of a chair works too)
clips or clothes pins and small weights (such as little weights used on a fishing pole)-optional

Step1

First, get the pants or jeans wet or at least damp (cold water preferred)

Step2

Next, take the jean or pant by the top of the inseam (at the crotch area)with one hand and about 6" down the jean/pant with the other hand and pull the fabric.

Step3

Move down the jean/ pant continuing to pull the fabric. Do this on both legs.

Step4

Now, hang the pants over a drying rack or chair and clip 1-2 weights on the bottom hem of each leg. Let dry over night.

Tips & Warnings

You can use any form of weights you have in the house.
Do not put the jeans/pants in dryer
always wash in cold water
make sure both pant legs are even after pulling (before they are dry)
This will add up to 2" to your pants with out giving them a "stretched out" look
Do not pull from waist line as this will only give the jean/pants a stretched out look.

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Mountainluva said

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on 9/27/2008 Great tip! I usually wear a 30 to 31 inch inseam, but have a cute pair of jeans that are only 29....so, I cannot wear them with anything but very flat flip flops...I will try this tip and perhaps be able to wear little heels with them now! Maybe a pair of light handweights could be used for drying? You could wrap two lengths of ribbon per weight with clips attached to both ends, so each weight is pulling evenly on both seams of each leg:)