Measuring Hem Seams for Hemming Pants

Video Transcript

"So, now that we have the new length marked, we have our cuffs marked where we want it. Now we're going to have to mark where we're going to put the hem. And as you can see on this one it's been surged to bind the seam, but we don't want to use our surger today. And if you don't have one, this will be really good for you cause you don't have to use that. And this hem is turned under one inch and I think, I'll make mine a little bit longer, maybe one and a fourth because instead of this I want to have to turn under that hem just like this. So, I want a little extra room to turn under. So, I'm going to do one and a quarter after the bottom mark for the cuff. So, let me just go around and mark that. we'll just know that's going to be the very bottom that we turn under. And I'm going to mark this one because I want to see exactly where that one's at. Remember we do it all the way around, one leg at a time. Here we go. Then we mark this one also. And we're going to, instead of using the blind stitch, or the invisible hem, as they call it also, this, remember when we turn it under and you couldn't see that. Well this time we're going to be able to see a top stitch, but that's okay because it'll be hidden by the cuff and like you won't even see it in there. It's pretty standard to do that when people do alterations. So, I'm still marking it one and a fourth inch up from the bottom cuff mark. I'm going to turn it over. one more leg to go. And after this, we're going to go ahead and just cut the excess fabric off and I'll show you how to do that in the next clip. "