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Posted by Rob on October 15, 2007, 5:28 pm
Trousers (pants) are worn quite wide at the moment and also long,
giving a large "break".
Can anyone tell me how to do a hem (at the end of the leg!) which is
"dropped"; that is, longer at the back than at the front.
Due to the angle, the turned-in material no longer distributes itself
evenly inside the leg.
Any hints on how to cope with this?
Thanks.
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Posted by Trish Brown on October 15, 2007, 6:18 pm
Rob wrote:
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> Trousers (pants) are worn quite wide at the moment and also long,
> giving a large "break".
> Can anyone tell me how to do a hem (at the end of the leg!) which is
> "dropped"; that is, longer at the back than at the front.
> Due to the angle, the turned-in material no longer distributes itself
> evenly inside the leg.
> Any hints on how to cope with this?
> Thanks.
>
I HATE HEMMING!!!! So I do it as quick and dirty as I can.
Once, my DFIL presented me with *nine* pairs of trousers to hem exactly
as you describe. I used two methods. One was to put a tiny tuck in the
fabric at each seam and stitch each tuck down carefully by hand. The
other was to run a gathering stitch along the bulky hem edge, press it
dead flat and then stitch it with the machine.
The second method works much better than you might imagine, especially
if you're doing flares.
HTH,
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Trish Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Posted by Joy Beeson on October 15, 2007, 8:19 pm
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> Can anyone tell me how to do a hem (at the end of the leg!) which is
> "dropped"; that is, longer at the back than at the front.
> Due to the angle, the turned-in material no longer distributes itself
> evenly inside the leg.
One approach is to make the hem as narrow as possible.
Another is to face the edge instead of hemming it.
Joy Beeson
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joy beeson at comcast dot net
http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ -- sewing
http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange
The above message is a Usenet post.
I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site.
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Posted by Doreen on October 15, 2007, 11:14 pm
Rob wrote:
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> Trousers (pants) are worn quite wide at the moment and also long,
> giving a large "break".
> Can anyone tell me how to do a hem (at the end of the leg!) which is
> "dropped"; that is, longer at the back than at the front.
> Due to the angle, the turned-in material no longer distributes itself
> evenly inside the leg.
> Any hints on how to cope with this?
> Thanks.
>
To give the front hem edge a little extra ease so that it can be
stitched without puckering the trousers, I sometimes undo part, perhaps
half, of the turned-up portion of the side seam and inseam seams and
spread them open just a little. If you do this it's a good idea to
secure the partially opened seams with a few whip stitches.
Doreen in Alabama
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Posted by Rob on October 17, 2007, 6:01 am
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> Rob wrote:
> > Trousers (pants) are worn quite wide at the moment and also long,
> > giving a large "break".
> > Can anyone tell me how to do a hem (at the end of the leg!) which is
> > "dropped"; that is, longer at the back than at the front.
> > Due to the angle, the turned-in material no longer distributes itself
> > evenly inside the leg.
> > Any hints on how to cope with this?
> > Thanks.
> To give the front hem edge a little extra ease so that it can be
> stitched without puckering the trousers, I sometimes undo part, perhaps
> half, of the turned-up portion of the side seam and inseam seams and
> spread them open just a little. If you do this it's a good idea to
> secure the partially opened seams with a few whip stitches.
> Doreen in Alabama
Thank you all for your helpful replies. I will first try Doreen's
method on an old pair!
Joy, what does "facing the edge" mean in this context?
TIA
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> giving a large "break".
> Can anyone tell me how to do a hem (at the end of the leg!) which is
> "dropped"; that is, longer at the back than at the front.
> Due to the angle, the turned-in material no longer distributes itself
> evenly inside the leg.
> Any hints on how to cope with this?
> Thanks.
>