MOMS I need HELP, Or people who can sew!!!!?

Question

Ok check it out......its not about HOT PANTS it about jeans....I wan to get my jeans (which are Paper jeans, mucho $$$) hemed , shortened like 2 inches. Ive taken some Deisel jeans in, and they like folded them under, and put a stich, and they are fine. But they dont look like they were, the bottom hem looking now on all jeans has a like RIPPLED/distressed/light blue dark blue look. ( look at the bottom hem of any LEVIS ot jeans and you will know what Im talking about.

CAn I get that same affect when I take them to get shortened...IS this effect caled anything???, I heard from my sis, that STACY & CLINTON on WHAT NOT TO WEAR, said you can get that part stiched back on?!?!?! CAN you? I hate that look when they jsut fold it under and do a stich, it looks wrong, and well like you took them in and got them shortened! ANy advice?? Can you do this at home???, does anyone know what Im talking about??? O r know where to go????

Answer 1

It sounds like you need to have the old hem hand picked out then trimmed, then sewn again. After that, you will need to redistress the area to make it match. I've seen this done with bleaching products, or with dremel tools/sandpaper to provide the look of wear.
http://sewing.about.com/library/sewnews/qa/aaqa1003a.htm

OR.......

You can use this method, which retains the original hem completely:
http://daciaray.com/?p=38
http://stitch.hellooperator.net/2005/12/17/hemming-jeans/

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Yes, you can, just take them to a seamstress, she can duplicate the hem, and the thread, and cut the jeans off properly, so they hang right. I'll check my sewing book and see if there is a proper name for the hem, we just called it a jeans hem, but you really do not need a name, just hand her the jeans and say I want this, and she should be able to tell you if she will or she won't be able to do that..
I can't see your jeans, but the leg hem is usually just turned over a couple times and a couple lines of stitching put in.
I'll get back to you.
Ok, found the book, there was no listing for that kind of hem. I checked my jeans, and they had the above mentioned turned over a couple times hem.
You should be able to find a seamstress in the yellow pages of your phone book, I do not live in a big city, and there are a couple here.
Ask around, sometimes the I know somebody who knows somebody method works.
By the way, the rippled light dark thing comes from the fact that the jeans legs are not perfectly straight up and down, and there is a difference in circumference of where the hem is actuallysewn, and the actual bottom of the pants. The more the seam is turned over and over to get the look, the greater the distance, and the more the seamstress has to gather the material to make the bottom edge fit to the less wide pants leg higher on the leg.[ Want to make a seamstress groan? Bring her a circular skirt to hem, it is almost impossible to get it to hang right]. Then the jeans get washed, and shrinkage occurs, and then you see the little lines.It isn't the cheap verses expensive jeans, it is how the hem is put in, at the factory..
Good luck with your jeans.

Answer 3

Love, this question is WAY too involved. If you're at school, ask your sewing teacher about it.