I’m not the only one in the class fed up with having everything shortened. Trousers, especially jeans, always need taking up for three of us . Learning to do it ourselves is one of the main reasons for coming to classes. One of the girls has been given a sewing machine, and wants to learn to use it (“evening TV’s rubbish anyway!”) so she can shorten her trousers, and mend her kids’ clothes.
Today we’re making a neat little lined bag to give us practice sewing the right seam allowance. Looking at the techniques we’re learning: measuring, pressing, and getting a neat finish, it’s easy to see how that translates to cutting and re-hemming trousers. Only rolling up jeans when we choose to will be a real joy, and projects like the Sewing Bee’s Refashion Challenge suggest we can go further still. I’m not planning to transform my jeans into a skirt, but a pair of cropped jeans? Now there’s a thought.
