My dear mother-in-law taught me to do the hems with the second method (The doing nothing method!). thanks for showing us the alternative! I love when geometry and sewing go hand in hand!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 😊

I always mess up shorts but I never realized it was a universal problem others had! Thank you for explaining this!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Happy to help! 🥰

I really appreciate seeing the different alternatives to hemming shorts. It's important to mark and cut and sew at the proper angles. Thank you!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🥰

Wow, the second one seems easier to me, but they’re all great alternatives. Thank you for sharing your experience and tips with us!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching 😊

I have so much respect for tailors. The amount of detail and attention and measurement to a garment to make it look good and lay right and wear properly, etc. I think your talent and skills are admirable. I love watching your videos and I appreciate them.

@DowntownTailoring

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for these incredibly kind words!

Game changing tips! I recently tried to shorten a pants pattern but encountered some (if not all 😅) the problems your mentioned! Tunred out fine but next time I'll do it the right way! Thank you once again! ❤

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure 🥰 Thanks for watching!

Great tutorial! Thank you so much for your time and effort! ♥️

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for watching 🥰

ahhh the cuff with less material is really interesting. Thanks again!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

this is super helpful!! I always struggle bc it doesn't "line up" and that throws me off! thanks for the very comprehensive instructions and explanations!

Thanks! This makes sense to me now. I’ve struggled with this many times and now I see why!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

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Yes, your tutorial makes so much sense now to me & why this happens. Before, I could see that there was too much material @ the seams, but I didn’t really know how to fix that. When I finished, truth be told it wasn’t a very attractive hem & I wasn’t happy w/it. I wanted to rip it out & start all over only not w/ the same results if I could help it? There’s a word for that: “insanity”. Doing the same thing over & over again, but expecting different results. Thank you for enlightening me about this matter, & know that it’s not just me.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Yes. I can tell that I've seen this very, very often. You are not alone. Cheers 😊

🤣 the second option on the first pair of pink pants would really set off my ocd about doing things “right” 🤣🤣🤣 but as “right” is in the eye of the beholder who can say what is right??!! Thanks for showing so many ways to do this, you seem to be the only place on you tube I can find such practical solutions 😊

I love that you give us more options. I always struggle with that and now i know how to fix shortening my short. Thank you for sharing this video with us! ❤❤

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Happy to help! 😊😊😊

I learn something from you every video. I typically do the second option . Since it’s for me, it works, but your accordion fold and the zigzag seam is wonderful, and genius.

@DowntownTailoring

9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

Thanks for the false cuff. That seems a really nice way to save a lack of material problem.

I made a pair of self drafted shorts today and could not figure out why the hem was crooked, then your video popped up...perfect timing! Thank you!!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Great to hear! 🥰🥰🥰

I have always hated when customers bring in shorts for hemming. The things you teach in this video are going to help SO much. It never occurred to me to fold the seams to draw the line, I have always measured and calculated how much I need to taper and it’s a miserable chore. I also never understood how to manage the V at the side seams. The shorts I’ve done have always been accepted by the customer, but I can see my mistakes and I didn’t know how to improve. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful! We are not alone. We all tailors face similar problems, and my motivation is to create conversations so we can help each other. Thanks for watching! 😊

Most people can't wear stuff straight off the rack, or our bodies expand/contract and clothing needs minor alterations to get a good fit. It's so empowering to be able to do these things for yourself. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and helping us to help ourselves. 💖💐

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Comments like this keep me going 🥰

My gran madr clothes first out of necessity and then as a job to help pay for raising her kids. Your work is incredible and these videos are so wonderful. Thank you for making them!

@DowntownTailoring

4 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! 😊

Thank you for this tutorial! I foolishly thought this was going to be so easy not thinking about sloping of the legs. Thanks for all you do!!!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for watching 🥰

I had never seen these measurements procedures. I will definitely re-watch this a few more times. ❤ your videos so well done.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

I love the 2nd option. Seems much easier.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

I think so, too! 🥰

Brilliant techniques. I always have trouble hemming straight. Now I know why! Cheers.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Glad you liked them 😊

This is a lifesaver - my daughter has had me transform so many pairs of jeans into shorts - or re-shorten shorts, etc! Now I know how, thank you!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Wonderful! Thanks for watching 🥰

This is very helpful. I've learned the struggles of shortening pants the hard way 😂.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

😅😅😅 Same!

You have made my sewing sooooo much better! Thank you so much!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

I'm so glad! Thanks 💕

This is exactly what I needed explained to me! I tried to hem shorts from pants and could not, for the life of me, figure out what I was doing wrong. Thanks so much for sharing your skills.

@DowntownTailoring

9 ай бұрын

Ohhhh im so glad to help!! It’s something you don’t expect to be so tricky, which is why I made a whole video on it!!

This is so validating. I am NOT a professional tailor and I've been fudging ready to wear hems on my pants/shorts for years. So I thought, today I'm going to finally the right way only to find, I was doing it right all along. However, you did show me a few more tips that will make my hems look much better. Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!!!

@DowntownTailoring

9 ай бұрын

Yayyy!! Im so glad to hear and help! ☺️

God bless you for sharing so much knowledge for free.If I could I would spend a year working for you in exchange for knowledge and teaching ♥️🙏

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you 😊

I will need to watch and reach to understand how to mark the hem length correctly for the first marking. I don't quite understand how the line wasn't straight if you connected your marks. Your talent is amazing, and thank you for trying to teach a dummy like me.

🤯🤯🤯 Mind blown! Now I know why I struggled with the hems of shorts when made from pants! Thank you for this invaluable lesson!

@DowntownTailoring

9 ай бұрын

Happy to help! Thanks for watching 🥰

I love your tutorials.Greetings from Switzerland

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Hello from Canada 🇨🇦 😊

That false cuff is genius

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Thanks 💕

I love that little pants model!! It really helps me as I have poor spatial relational skills!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I find it’s a great way to communicate, I will try to incorporate more 3D models for explanations :)

So helpful you are so good at tailoring and alterations. 👍❤️thank you for showing all those ways.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! 😊

Very. excellent tutorial for shortening shorts and trousers. Thank you very much😀

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! 😊

Thank you so much for making these wonderful videos. I learn a lot from you, and I appreciate your tutorials very much.

THANK you! Bless you! I've never gotten this right, and now I know why. I also have to shorten all my pants by quite a bit, so these techniques are especially helpful 😉i always learn when I I come to your channel. Anytime I need to do alterations I come to you.

Like always, wonderful!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!😁

Thank you! brilliant!

@DowntownTailoring

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

Such a useful and informative video. Thank you. I do this all the time (cut off my jeans) and struggled with the hems. Now I understand.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it 😊

So helpful. Thank you ❤

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

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So clear! 😊 thank youuuuuu

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

I’m always glad to share! ❤️

Great tip thank you

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure! 🥰

This is awesome! Thanks so much.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure 🥰 Thanks for watching!

Thank you for this video! Super helpful

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

You're so welcome! 🥰🥰🥰

You are a fantastic teacher! Thank you 😊

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! 🫠🫠🫠

Wonderful video!!!!! Thank you so much!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🥰

Thank you for this tutorial ❤

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

You are most welcome! 🥰🥰🥰

Very well explained! Thank you!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 😊

I really lime the third.method(yellow shorts...false cuff?) I telly need to practice.that one before working in my customers pants......thank you once again for clever method of sewing!!!

Loved this video, I have learned so much. The accordion trick is awesome. Thank you so much. ❤🤗🤩

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

So glad! Thanks for watching 🥰

Thanx a lot for sharing 😍

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure! 🥰

Thank you for posting this. I was going to ask you to do a tutorial on cutting jeans off to make "cut offs" I am assuming same principle is used for cutting off jeans to the new. length want the shorts (cut offs) to be. I will have to watch this tutorial several times so I can understand all the great info provided. I could sew that cuff in the 70's but alas over the years of not using it I have forgotten how to do it. It does make a nice no flop over cuff especially on women's trousers.

I really enjoyed this video! I always need to take in my shorts and do it wrong 😮 Thank you for showing us several ways to do so . 💕💃🏻 😁

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching 🥰

You are a genius!

@DowntownTailoring

Ай бұрын

You are so kind! Thank you 🥹🤗🥰

You are a Sewing Wizard!

@DowntownTailoring

9 ай бұрын

You are so kind 💕 Thanks so much!

Wow, thank you so much for this Tutorial ❤🥰

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for watching 🥰

Also, I appreciate your using the small pattern to angle the hem by measuring the length from the side seam. Thank you!

Super tutorial! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it ☺️

This the video the world needed, MUCHAS GRACIAS 🙏

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Con mucho gusto!

Love your videos - you are so clear and practical. Thank you!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! 😊

Omg! I attempted to modify the length on a couple of pairs of shorts, but when I measured, my lines never ended up being straight once I lined up the seams. I thought I was messing up and gave up; I didn't realize they were supposed to be like that! I was doing it right all along!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Yep! That's the confusion part sometimes. Cheers 😊

I so enjoy your channel.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

I appreciate that! 🥰🥰🥰

I just love your videos! Thank you for teaching me such great techniques

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

That is so kind! I’m glad to share!!

Genial…Me encanta este video. Gracias

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Gracias! 🤗

I like that last way the best. Just cut the him open and sew., you are a Awesome Taylor. I mean, awesome.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Aweee! You are so kind 💕 Thanks so much!

Thanks! I understood where the problem might be...

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Thanks 💕

Love those tips! I was really blown away by the false cuff for some reason LOL I guess I never thought of doing it that way. You are awesome thanks for all of your great sewing advice!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I glad you liked it 😊

this is amazing

@DowntownTailoring

7 ай бұрын

Thanks 🥰

This is great, thank you for explaining this so well! Do you have a video on how to turn long sleeve shirts into short sleeve? If not it would be wonderful to see you explain this - it's a similar issue, but made even more difficult as the sleeve angle is so steep....and then there's the flat felled seams to deal with....a video showing how you tackle this would be brilliant!!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Great suggestion! I didn't think about this video before, but I'll certainly post it soon 😊

@maryhammond6959

10 ай бұрын

@@DowntownTailoring That would be incredible,thank you!

Sewing Police...😂😂 Love it...

@DowntownTailoring

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

great job ...as always 😅❤❤❤

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Farida!!

Yes, I struggled with cuff hem before. This hem technique makes the fabric sit down nicely and it looks a lot less bulky. Thank you!!!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

Yes I struggled with shorts when taking pants my husband asked me to make into shorts . I want to try the cuff you did! That looks good because I'm tried of cuffs that fall down lol!

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Happy sewing! 😊

As always I’m amazed at all the possible techniques and solutions to get good results! Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication to all these wonderful amazing videos I am like a kid in a candy store every time a video pops up !! Lol I can’t wait to try these ! Thank you

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Your words warmth my heart ❤️

Thank you so very much for the explanation. I have struggled with this problem many times. After a number of years I started doing the hem the way you showed us but didn't understand the why it worked. part.

@DowntownTailoring

9 ай бұрын

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching 🥰

As usual, an excellent lesson on hemming shorts. I guess I'm lazy because I most often use your second way when hemming. I really am glad that I found your channel. You cover topics that most don't. Thanks ❤

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Thanks 💕

I really needed this lesson as last weekend I did a terrible job of converting pants to shorts. The tip on creating a cuff is very helpful. The mini shorts pattern demo you did was so cool! Thanks! 👍

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 😊

Thank you I

@DowntownTailoring

7 ай бұрын

My pleasure! 🥰🥰🥰

Please do a tutorial on shortening sleeves, especially turning a long sleeve into a 3/4 or elbow length sleeve. And how to mark and cut the long sleeve men's shirt to make a short sleeve shirt. Thank you for considering this idea for a video.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Will do! Thanks for the suggestion 😊

Thanks for this, I just went through this and it was a pain.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure! 🥰

❤love it

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

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Great information! My problem is knowing which seam on a felled seam I need to measure from. If I use one seam on one leg and the other seam on the other leg I end up with cockeyed shorts [or pants].

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Oh! Yes. This doesn't work when the fell seam isn't exactly on the center. To avoid this inconvenience, try to place your pants very stretched out over the table and cut the two legs at once as you see on the video. I hope this helps! 😊

Your Tutorials are so Good. Thank you so much. I have problems to shorten Jeans 👖 into shorts. It looks not good, i don’t know how to cut. Measuring from the seam? Sorry my englisch isnt very well 😅❤

I appreciate this video. I am having a problem with shortening a tapered sleeve. The factory seam was sewed a little twisted. I am going to open the seam and see if I can use your technique to hem the sleeve.

@DowntownTailoring

9 ай бұрын

Yes. I usually open the seam and leave it opened inside, like the second option of the pink pants. Good luck! 😊

Thanks for this tutorial! Do you ever use a blind hem machine?

@DowntownTailoring

9 ай бұрын

Thanks 💕 I use the blind hem very often. Cheers 😊

I just last week shortened three pairs. Yes, I ran into this issue. I did the second method where I angled the stitch line but it wasn't enough to straighten out the hem so there was a large gap when I folded it up. Not very nice looking. I will have to be more careful cutting next time so the cut is perpendicular as you demonstrated.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! 😊 💕

I've watch many of your videos and have truly learned and enjoyed them. Please tell me what type of tailor's chalk you use, waxed or unwanted?

@DowntownTailoring

9 ай бұрын

Hi! I use waxed chalk. It called Carmel disappearing tailor chalk. Cheers 😊

Using the first technique when you angled the side seam because of difference in width at hem, will this method work when shortening slacks ?

Do you have a tutorial on how to fix shorts that ride up or look shorter between the legs?

❤❤❤

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

☺️☺️☺️

I always stitch from the outside of the garment. I feel the stitching never looks as good from the underside, even with effort put in to balance thread tension just right. It just always looks a little less good for some reason. 7:37 vs 7:39 it's just a very slight difference, I know, but the stitched side always looks a little better.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

I totally agree! I do that too very often. Cheers!

The last one would be less ironing later on.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Exactly! And it will stay up 🥰

Very good description. This happened to me when making a L/S shirt into a S/S. I put a small rectangle piece of fabric to fill the space where the fabric is not perpendicular just to add support.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Exactly 💯

Good afternoon, do you accept alteration requests through the mail? I do not trust anyone around my area.

@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! This comment flatters me so much. Currently, I'm not doing so, but maybe in the future, when I can figure out how to make sure that the measurements will be correct. Cheers 😊

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@DowntownTailoring

10 ай бұрын

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How to shorten a women's sleeve on a jacket to an elbow sleeve