How to shorten jeans, take in for sway back and more
Rip in jeans Jeans darning can be done in a variety of ways. The method I use is to bond some Vizaflex onto a patch which I attach behind the hole. I do not put Vizaflex over the section that covers the hole. See video in Magic Circle for this method. I then darn in the direction of the grain of the fabric, using a thread color that is very close to the [...]
Fabric stretches on jeans waist band. fabric stretches Stretch jeans are great, but sometimes the band fabric stretches and can continue to stretch the longer it is worn. A client asked if there was anything I could do to stop the jeans from falling down. The jeans could have been taken in at the center back. There are a number of ways to do this. However this does cost because of the [...]
Shorten jeans using the Jean Genie which is my invention for shortening jeans using a domestic sewing machine. It is available in the inside cover of Clothing Alteration Secrets Revealed It ensures the correct length is cut on the jeans eliminating the fear of cutting too short. If I had a dollar for every person who brought me a pair of jeans they had cut on the new length position. This is [...]
Cuff hem jeans Cuff hem jeans take a little longer to alter. One of my subscribers asked about shortening a pair of jeans with the bottom of the jeans folded out. I can't put the link in because for some reason it throws all the typing out, but it is at a website called ezibuy.com.au and you will need to go to the jeans section for women. I do not have a pair [...]
Clothing alterations book Dear Judith, I bought your book a couple of years ago and have been receiving your emails ever since. I just wanted to share this little something with you. Although I have been sewing for a long time now and I have put zips in items that I have made. I have never replaced a zip in anything as it scared me (that's funny I know but it did). This week I [...]