How to sew the trousers by hand?

Very often we are faced with the need to sew up the trousers. Classical situation: they bought pants, they sit well, but do not fit in length. For children during their intensive growth, parents try to buy pants with a margin, in order to at least a little delay the need for another purchase of clothes for the grown up child. Situations can not be counted, and the output is one, or rather two: either you classify trousers in the atelier, or try to solve the problem yourself. Having learned to do this once, you will be spared the need to use the services of the atelier every time. So, let's understand how to properly sew the pants?

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Fitting the

To begin with, of course, you need to determine the desired length of the trousers, how many cut off so that instead of the trousers do not get the breeches. The best option is to put them on the future owner, it would be good also with shoes for greater visibility.

When fitting, consider the following:

• If the trousers are classic cut, then the back panel of the trousers should be lower than the middle of the heel on the shoes.
• For jeans, you need to leave the length of the leg, slightly overhanging his heel.
• For female trousers, the pant leg should be up to the middle of the heel.
• Narrow trousers should be on the ankle.

If it is not possible to try on the pants directly to the master, then you can take the other pants of this person and make a mark on them. A mark can be made with soap, chalk, well, or something else, for example, pin it with pins.

Important! After measuring the desired length, you need to leave a few centimeters on the allowances:

• for men's trousers leave 4 cm;
• female - 3 cm;
• on children's can be left 5-6 cm.

There are several reasons for this:

• You definitely need a stock, suddenly after washing your pants will sit down a little.
• A small crease gives an apparent seal.

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Preparing the trousers:

1. Cut the legs as much as possible. It is best to fasten the legs with pins, combine the side and inner seams and cut the two legs with a pair of scissors.
2. It is best to work with cutter, zigzag or simply sew the edges with a loop seam.

Important! This is done so that the threads do not pour and the edge is neat.

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We sew the trousers manually

There are a lot of ways to properly add men's trousers, each skilled worker can choose a suitable option for her. Here is one simple:

1. You can use a special adhesive tape in the bend area, but it must be duplicated with a secret seam, since after the first wash the glue will come off and the tape will fall off. It is used more for fixation, so that it is convenient to handle the seam.
2. The shtanin turned inside out is turned to 3-4 cm, the fold is smoothed over the gauze, then the adhesive tape is laid along the edge and ironed.
3. Then the folded part is sewn with a hidden seam. The product is turned out and the hands are ironed with a steam iron or through gauze.

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We sew trousers on the sewing machine

Many use a trouser belt that keeps the fabric in place of its fold. This tape is sewn only on men's pants. How to properly sew the trousers on the sewing machine? It would seem that there is complicated, took the tape and stuck it. But here there are some tricks:

• It is not necessary to turn the edge of the tape at its junction, then the docking seam will be very coarse. Maybe it will not be very noticeable on tight pants, but on the light tissues the bend will be a "stake".It is better to do this: sing a scorched section of the trouser band to sing it and adjust the lap.

Important! Tape for trousers is usually synthetic, so it melts well.

• When you apply a ribbon, try to accurately combine its edge with the bend line. The top line should be scribbled exactly 0.1 m from the edge of the tape, so that in the finished product the tape peeps out a little. This is done in order to protect pants from rubbing over the seam of the hem.
• The color of the tape is best to match the color of the pants.
• When you apply a tape, try not to pull it very tightly and make sure that neither the cloth nor the tape is attached to the foot.

Important! It is advisable to stretch both the fabric and the belt at the same time, just do not pull too hard, otherwise - you may break the needle.

• Buy tight trouser pants. It is slightly more expensive, but in time it will not appear "shaggy" areas.

Important! You can sew the trousers on the machine with a hidden seam. To do this, you will need a special foot for a hidden seam.

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We sew jeans

With jeans there should not be any difficulties, they are very easy to sew. In this case, the trousers are tucked in two turns at a width of 1.5 cm and are stitched with a straight stitch. To ensure that it does not look different from the factory one, you just need to pick up the threads according to the color.

Important! It is not necessary to take a special thread for jeans, you can work with it not on each machine, many do simply: make a double seam with the usual thread of the right color.

It also happens that the pants have original design and it is necessary to keep the factory decorative seam to preserve the model features of the product. Then you need to consider the option of properly sewing up trousers while preserving the factory edge. To do this:

1. First you need to determine the desired length of trousers and put a mark.
2. Then measure the factory edge, carry the mark to the desired distance.
3. Next, the trousers are folded so as to align the offset line and the base of the factory edge, then make a stitch on the sewing machine.
4. The resulting excess part is cut and swept with a zigzag or overlock.
5. The lapel is fastened to the leg with adhesive tape and iron.
6. In the end, the line is laid along the very edge of the combination of the leg and the factory clearance of the bottom of the pants.

Now we have completely figured out with such a seemingly simple question how to sew the trousers with your own hands. Do everything as written above, and then the problem of properly fitting things into your growth without paying for the services of the masters from the studio will cease to exist for you.