👖 Shorten Jeans by Hand & Keep the Original Hem! Easy way to take up jeans without a sewing machine

In this video I’ll show you step by step how to take up jeans without a sewing machine. This is a super easy and quick way to alter jeans yourself with the added bonus of keeping the original hem.

Welcome to Slew Living! I'm Esther and I sew stuff to support a slow lifestyle.

If you’re starting to learn about sustainable and ethical living and how to curate a more mindful closet, a great step is to learn how to sew your own things. This way you can invest your own time into creating or tailoring beautiful pieces that will serve you in the long run and steer clear of cheap and nasty items that have been sewn in sweatshops or from unsustainable materials.
In the words of Vivienne Westwood, ‘Buy less, choose well and make it last!’

Let me know in the comments if you have suggestions for more mending tutorials or garments/items you’d like to sew from scratch!

[LiamDead]

I didn't know how to sew before this video, now I'm a qualified surgeon and have performed 7 heart bypasses. Oh, and my jeans look like they fit now.

[MsVenomAddict]

Omg thank you much!! As a petite (5 ft) all the jeans are too long for me 😭 so this tutorial is super helpful for me!! 💕

[la]

$25 a pop. If you do it yourself, you can save so much money over a lifetime. It's like cooking. An essential skill. Thank you for posting.

[whotusay]

Old dad turning up 15 yr daughters same flared jeans -thank you for this

[bellongia]

You showed a 58 year old man how to fix this hems. Proud of myself. Thanks

[cloudcampos]

" I hope this video was helpful for you" ARE YOU KIDING THIS WAS AMAZING!!! Thank you

[girlsjustwannahavefun]

Such an easy tutorial, the jeans turned out beautifully! And this was the first time I ever picked up a needle and thread, thank you!!

[peterbett]

After some searching, your tutorial is the clearest I've found on Youtube. Thankyou very much..

[micheleknitspurls]

Wonderful! Thank you so much. I have never really learned how to sew and only know enough to get myself into lots of trouble. You made it so easy that I now feel confident to hem my husbands jeans. You can learn even at age 62. And if I didn't say it enough your video was wonderful. informative and easy to follow. Thank you.

[ClevverUsername]

I really like this tutorial because I never see truly wide flared jeans shown and it doesn't destroy the original jeans really so if you mess up it isn't so permanent as cutting

[stxllla]

Thanks for this! i’m terrible at this kind of stuff and my mom needs her jeans hemmed and asked me to do it. i was really scared i would mess up so i decided to watch a few tutorial videos and i came along this one! thanks :)

[shreyachowdhury]

This tutorial is so helpful. One of the easiest methods explained so well! It turned out so perfect. Thanks a lottt!

[Lythiom]

this was actually really helpful, im using some jeans i found on sale for an art project and i have to bring up the hem by 10 cm and ive been stuck for days, thank you so much

[annaess]

I have an extremely similar style jeans to these wide leg ones and My mom is telling me to not try this and take it to a pro instead. However I’m broke and she isn’t paying for it so I’m gonna do it anyway. I also have basically very very basic knowledge of sewing by hand so, I’ll update y’all :)

[budabk]

Thank you!!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!! I have to rehem all of my pants by hand and have for many decades. Doing the cut and fold method worked fine but I hated losing the original hem. I watched dozens of other videos that were not as clearly explained and demonstrated as you have done here. With trepidation, I finished my first rehemmed jeans and they were PERFECT. This method is sew ez. Thank you, again.

[lurategh]

Perfect, thank you! I wish I'd known this on all the pants I hemmed over the years. I have a feeling I'm gonna be doing this method a lot since I'm a shorty. 😩

[amycasas]

Thank you thank you very much for going slow and explaining thoroughly!🎉

[yaminramlan]

Dear sweetie, thank you for your time and effort to share the technic of needle sewing. I am a learner and in zero idea of needle sewing but with your excellent sharing, at least it help me a lot. Thank you.

[CarrieMWood]

I just got done watching a super complicated video that only had machine directions. I can't wait to try this!😊

[sandrajones]

So easy to understand - thank you! I'll be hemming pants this weekend.