Make school uniforms last by putting a large hem on trousers and skirts

Stop hems puckering … school trouser hems

This technique should be used on all trousers; however I am going to just cover large hems on children’s clothes, although the same principle applies when doing smaller hems……. Children have growth spurts, which mean putting a large hem on all their clothes makes a lot of sense.  School clothes in particular cost a lot of money, so it makes a lot of sense to leave a large hem.  The only problem our children have [...]

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Large hems on school pants

I recently let down the hem on a pair of school pants.  When the pants were taken up originally, the mother pinned them on the child, and the child wanted them long, so she pinned to the ground.  She took them to someone and asked for a large hem.  Which they did.  A 10 cm (4 in) hem to be precise.  The problem I encountered with the pants was that the bottom of the pant [...]

2013-10-20T21:19:44+10:00 By |Categories: School Uniform|Tags: , |Comments Off on Large hems on school pants