Today was another first for me. Unfortunately, buying clothes for myself has never been easy. My body is a strange size, and nothing in the stores has ever seem to fit right. Now that I have income, it’s not so much trouble for me to just get things altered; for example, when I buy decent clohtes every once in a while from the Men’s Wearhouse, I just have them alter it for me. But I have some slightly older clothes which I’m not quite ready to do away with.
I have a pair of khakis that I’ve always found comfortable, but the only problem is they were too long. I continued to wear them anyway, resulting in the bottom of the pants becoming frayed.
I decided today that I was going to do something about it. I tore out the hem at the bottom of the cuff, cut an inch and a half off the bottom of the legs (hopefully that will be enough), and re-sewed the hem in.
The problem here is that I don’t know how to sew. It was pretty clear when I finished that the thread probably won’t hold up forever, but at least I gave it a shot.
wow. you’re braver than me. that’s what moms are for 🙂
Yeah, he tried to get me to do it. Do I look like a mom?!? He’s lucky I’m domesticated enough to cook and do our laundry.
oh i wasn’t suggesting you do it- not to worry!
You know, it is actually the style to have the pants too long and frayed at the bottom. You are getting old, young man.
long and frayed is the style… of the people who don’t own a belt!Spike, if you’re interested, I can send you some simplified instructions for a herringbone stitch — a very secure yet easy stitch that is osed mainly for hemming.You helped me out with the HTML code, I can help you out with sewing basics. Lucky for you that I’m a costume technician.
Sure, why not? Send ’em over.
I’ll get that to you in the next few days, after I get my homework caught back up. I’m sure that your splendid hem-job will stay put until then.