Pants Alteration: Shortening and Hemming by Hand and Machine - Online Videos

Learn pants alteration in these online instructional videos. Includes instruction on shortening and hemming by hand and sewing machine.

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Includes doing a fitting, measuring and marking pant legs, basting the hem line, doing a second fitting, sewing straight and slanted hem lines, using invisible hand stitch and sewing a double folded hem by machine.

Duration: 38 mins
Video Chapters: 20 | Free Samples: 7
Released: October 2007
Instructor: Nehzat Houshan
Videos have voice over.

Materials List:

Pants
Thread
Needle
Pins
Scissors
Measuring Tape

Intro

Video Chapters	Duration
1. Introduction (Free Sample)	1:03 mins

Preparing Pants for Hemming

2. Ironing Pants (Free Sample)	3:59 mins
3. First Fitting (Free Sample)	1:27 mins
4. Marking Length of First Leg (Free Sample)	1:58 mins
5. Transferring First Leg Length to Second Leg (Free Sample)	2:01 mins
6. Marking Hem Line (Free Sample)	1:18 mins
7. Basting Hem Line	3:03 mins
8. Second Fitting	0:29 mins
9. Straight and Slanted Hem Lines	1:29 mins

Hand Sewing - Hemming Pants

10. Step 1 - Measuring Single Fold Hem Allowance (Free Sample)	1:04 mins
11. Step 2 - Cutting Excess Fabric	0:49 mins
12. Step 3 - Pinning and Basting Single Fold Hem	1:45 mins
13. Step 4 - Cutting a Notch in Hem Allowance	1:20 mins
14. Step 5 - Finishing Raw Edge of Hem Allowance	4:24 mins
15. Step 6 - Sewing Invisible Stitches	3:22 mins

Machine Sewing - Hemming Pants

16. Step 1 - Measuring Double Fold Hem Allowance	1:42 mins
17. Step 2 - Cutting Excess Fabric	1:05 mins
18. Step 3 - Pinning and Basting Double Fold Hem	2:50 mins
19. Step 4 - Sewing Double Fold Hem	3:32 mins