Supplies for Hemming Pants

Series Summary

Sewing is an ancient craft that still has remarkable relevance in today's modern world. The art of stitching and assembling pieces of fabric together either by hand or with the use of a modern sewing machine is still a valuable skill and can be used for industry, home, or artistic purposes. Industrial sewing is usually done with the use of machines, but for seamstresses, alteration givers, and most casual sewers, an old fashioned needle and thread is still incredibly useful and more often than not the desired method since it enables far more detail. Tailoring and dressmaking require not only a needle and thread, but also other tools and materials that you can find easily at arts and crafts stores.

Learning how to hem pants can save you money and make you're life a lot easier when you are buying pants. It can be easier than you might think as well. In this free video series, our expert seamstress will teach you how to hem pants with expert sewing tips for beginners. You will get step by step instructions for measuring the pants hem and cuff. You will also learn how to cut off the excess fabric, sew the bottom of the hem and sew a cuff to the pants. If you need to hem a pair of pants, our expert is here to teach you everything you need to know.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Lenee Alexander. I'm going to show you how to hem a men's pair of slacks that have a cup in them. It's going to be really easy and let me show you the supplies we're going to need. All you need is about a 12" ruler, like a piece of chalk (tailoring chalk) you can use a pencil if you want and a pair of scissors I like a smaller pair of scissors for snipping threads. But let me show you like the inside it has surge thread and a line hem but I'm going to show you how to do this without a surger. Which will be easy for you to use at home if you don't have a surger and you just need to hem a pair of pants pretty quickly. But anyways lets get started doing that."