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I finally hemmed my pants today. I’m very pleased with how they turned out.
Using the sewing machine was so therapeutic. I haven’t used it in a long time. I’m excited to finish some other projects now!

#sewing #sewingmachine #hemming

A black pant leg folded over. There are three seam lines increasing in stitch length with the third seam line spaced farther.

Burnt orange Jean pan legs folded over. Each has a new, singular seam.

The very last step - hemming!
For chainstitch hemming, I use my double-needle Union Special 51400CZ with one needle removed.
A little trick that works really well is to create a groove through which to guide the folded hem using magnetic strips.

#selfmadejeans #hemming #chainstitch #eurekajeans #forover30years #justahobby #notforsale

A newly made pair of jeans being hemmed on a chainstitch machine

Did my first blind hem today!

I altered some new pants for a wedding I am going to this week. I am pretty happy with how it turned out!

#BlindHem #Hemming #Sewing #Tailoring #HandSewing

Taupe with white pin stripe dress pants with brown leather slip on dress shoes.

Following up on my previous post, some applications of the same method using magnetic strips of different thicknesses.
Attaching the waistband.This time, the thin strip is on the left, keeping the folded edge of the waistband perfectly lined up. Another thicker strip is placed on the right, forming a groove through which the waistband passes.
Pic 5 shows a modified version of this for hemming!

#selfmadejeans #magneticstrips #beinginventive #waistband #hemming #eurekajeans #forover30years #justahobby #notforsale

The waistband for a pair of jeans under construction lying on a sewing machine

The waistband being sewn onto a pair of jeans

Closeup of the needle on a sewing machine, with magnetic strips to be used as guides

After
#hedging
#hemming and hawing
#wavering
#sneaking numerous peeks
Tonight I finished deleting everything from my Twitter account and shut it down.
Reasons
# Don't want to support Musk in anyway🤮
#It brought out the meanest side of my nature😡
# and it sent my blood pressure through the roof. 😣
bye-bye twisted birdie☠️
Upward and onward🙏

1910s type waist overalls
Hemming -- the very last sewing step!
As these are completely single-needle construction, the hems are done with a lockstitch.

#selfmadejeans #handcraftedjeans #homemadejeans #1910s #waistoveralls #singleneedleconstruction #hemming #eurekajeans #forover30years #justahobby #notforsale

1890s waist overalls
I gave the pair I made a few weeks ago a first wash and did the hemming, of course with a single-needle lockstitch. A double row of stitches, which is quite unusual for hems nowadays, but wasn't at all uncommon in the 1890s.

#selfmadejeans #handcraftedjeans #homemadejeans #1890s #waistoveralls #hemming #singleneedleconstruction #eurekajeans #forover30years #justahobby #notforsale

#hemming

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