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Does gluing the excess make sense? (Moderated by Deepika)
Posted on: 4/21/06 12:30 PM ET
So I have a pair of jeans that I am going to hem European style/French style (ie you keep the worn out bottom). I did a search on patternreview and found a great thread and now I know how to do it. I'm going to do it the simple way where you just fold up, and sew really close to the bottom.
Now it seems that in the past 2 years my waist keeps getting bigger
I've tried to stop it but there comes a time you must just give in! As a result, a lot of my pants end up getting shorter as the waist goes up and up! These jeans are expensive though. So I thought, when I fold the material up, instead of cutting the excess I can glue the excess to the inside of the jean so it doesn't catch my toes or rip the hem off in the washing machine. It wouldn't look great on the inside, but nobody would tell. This way if I gain weight again (I'm sure I will), I can just unglue them.
Question is...anyone know of a reason this won't work? :)
Now it seems that in the past 2 years my waist keeps getting bigger
I've tried to stop it but there comes a time you must just give in! As a result, a lot of my pants end up getting shorter as the waist goes up and up! These jeans are expensive though. So I thought, when I fold the material up, instead of cutting the excess I can glue the excess to the inside of the jean so it doesn't catch my toes or rip the hem off in the washing machine. It wouldn't look great on the inside, but nobody would tell. This way if I gain weight again (I'm sure I will), I can just unglue them. Question is...anyone know of a reason this won't work? :)
Posted on: 4/21/06 2:13 PM ET
I have used double-sided Rescue Tape or fabric glue on the hems of my jeans for emergency hemming. A couple of times, it became semi-permanent, though I could break the bond when I tried. That stuff holds pretty well.
Apropos of the waist, you know you can add an inch or so that will be hidden in the underlap of the waistband, so that if the new fabric isn't a perfect match, it's OK. The process is in an older Threads magazine, and while it's a PITA (you have to take the waistband pretty much off!), it does work quite well for a little more breathing room.
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Apropos of the waist, you know you can add an inch or so that will be hidden in the underlap of the waistband, so that if the new fabric isn't a perfect match, it's OK. The process is in an older Threads magazine, and while it's a PITA (you have to take the waistband pretty much off!), it does work quite well for a little more breathing room.
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Elona
Posted on: 11/4/06 8:33 PM ET
In reply to Shubha
I remember reading a great thread about European style jeans hemming just a few weeks ago, and absolutely can not find it again. It had a link with pictures. Anyone know just the "right" phrase to put in "search" to find it? I've tried several different phrasings, and either got "nothing", or the wrong thread.
Posted on: 11/4/06 9:43 PM ET
In reply to bestgrammy
Quote: bestgrammy
I remember reading a great thread about European style jeans hemming just a few weeks ago, and absolutely can not find it again. It had a link with pictures. Anyone know just the "right" phrase to put in "search" to find it? I've tried several different phrasings, and either got "nothing", or the wrong thread.
I remember reading a great thread about European style jeans hemming just a few weeks ago, and absolutely can not find it again. It had a link with pictures. Anyone know just the "right" phrase to put in "search" to find it? I've tried several different phrasings, and either got "nothing", or the wrong thread.
When I search on this site, bestgrammy, I use only one word in the search engine above for the best results. In this case I used "hemming" and came up with this thread.
Els posted the article in there--one of the first responses to the question.
Hope this helps.
Carla
Posted on: 11/4/06 11:29 PM ET
In reply to CSM--Carla
Hello Carla Thank you. That's the one, and thank you for the searching tip.
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