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04-16-2014, 05:25 AM
#21
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Pataskala, OH
Posts: 1,452
I've found that we are too critical of our work and most people can't tell the difference when something isn't perfect. How many pairs of pants do you own that are perfect? Do your best and if he has a problem with it he got what he paid for. My son is a cop and he always needs his uniforms hemmed, either the pants or the long sleeved shirts. I will do the pants but not the shirts. He understands and pays someone for that. I don't do zippers so when he wanted a pair of old coveralls repaired with a 20 inch zipper I put in Velcro instead. He owns a farm and the animals don't care. He likes it so much better than a zipper. So we just do what we can!
04-16-2014, 06:16 AM
#24
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 841
Give the jeans back, tell him you are having trouble getting them done right, and don't want to mess them up.
This was an imposition, and I would not worry about offending him. Just smile as you return them and stick to your little speech.
This was an imposition, and I would not worry about offending him. Just smile as you return them and stick to your little speech.
04-16-2014, 07:26 PM
#26
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: League City, Texas, USA
Posts: 625
I'm short and everything I buy has to be hemmed. That's why there is a pile of 'new' pants sitting in the closet unworn. I hate to hem. I would have to say, if someone ask me, that I not only don't have the skill, but I have my little 'pile' that has been waiting for a couple of years. We both need to find a tailor.
04-17-2014, 05:38 AM
#28
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Ohio
Posts: 469
Originally Posted by Peckish
There is a way of hemming jeans that leaves the original hem intact, and the new seam is practically invisible. You have to have a good, heavy-duty machine to do it though, because it has to sew through the side seams. This is how I've been hemming my family's jeans for the last few years.
A written tute I found: http://www.daciaray.com/?p=38
And here's a video tute, might be easier to follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giOkJUcc2wg
I use my serger.
A written tute I found: http://www.daciaray.com/?p=38
And here's a video tute, might be easier to follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giOkJUcc2wg
I use my serger.
DUH! why didn't I think of this a couple weeks ago? Thanks... I have one more pair to hem. Easy-peasy now.
04-17-2014, 06:17 AM
#29
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 1,804
Originally Posted by Tartan
When heming pants, I mark a cutting line on each leg from the bottom edge. You know the original hem is correct so just remove the same amount from each side. Make sure you have figured out how much you are turning up the hem into the amount you are cutting off.
04-17-2014, 06:27 AM
#30
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 464
Had a lady insist I should put a new zipper in her jeans, they were very tight and she busted out of them. She is under the assumption that since I sew, I like to mend (not a chance) and that I need the money to pay off my machines (paid in full when purchased). Or I need extra income (why, so can pay more taxes than I already paid, duh?) I told her it would cost $100.00, per pair, for me to replace her zipper. She was flabbergasted and angry! Asked me why, told her "because". (No other explanation). She then in a huffy voices she said, " well I can buy 3 new pairs of jeans for that price". My response? "Well, buy the correct size this time and you won't break the zipper." I giggled when she walked off in a huff.
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