Re: How to shorten trouser

"Neil A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Can anyone explain to me or point to a website which shows how to
> shorten trousers.  I can give $16 to the local rip-off korean
> laundry/altering shop who use a machine and do a butchering job... but
> I would like to know how I can do it myself or buy some machine (maybe
> a hand held sewing gizmos) that might help me do that?


So I gather you have bought your trousers in to them before? If you were not
happy, you could have pointed the faults with them and have them fix the
problem and do business elsewhere next time. However, $16 for trousers seem
reasonable. Before I learned to sew, I paid $20 for a dress hem in the city.

Measure your inseam and take that measure, or a pair of a similar well
fitting trousers and measure that. You will need to give at least an inch
hem allowance to double fold your hem. I use the sewing machine only for
denims, sweatpants. For dress pants, khaki and corduroy, use handstitching.
Make sure to line up the seam edges.

(As a person of Asian descent, I found the words "rip-off" and "Korean" in
the same phrase a bit irking.)