I want to fit my new suite.Can eSewign help me?

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Wed, 09/26/2012 - 14:57
haluu
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Hi,

My name Ha Luu, I just bought a suite, that the cuff pants style. The sleeve is also  long . How i can fit it? Can you help me?

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Thu, 09/27/2012 - 17:17
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Nehzat
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Re: Shortening Cuff Style Pants

Dear Ha Luu,

To learn how to shorten pants you can watch the Pants Shortening Video Lesson.

If you want your pants to have the same style cuffs, you can pinch the excess length above the knee to see how much shorter you want the pants to be. Then open the stitches that hold the fold of the cuff. Now you see a regular hem. Measure this hem allowance. Then add the amount you need to shorten the pants to this hem allowance.

For example: if you have an 8 cm hem allowance and you want to shorten the pants by 3 cm, you will add the 3 cm to the 8 cm hem allowance, which is 11 cm. So you make the hem allowance 11 cm. Then look at the other leg of your pants that you have not touched yet and copy the exact measurement for the cuff. Do a fitting for the shorter leg to make sure you like the length. If it is good replicate it for the other leg, otherwise you will need to adjust it a bit more and then copy for the other leg.

For the Sleeve shortening you can watch the Jacket Sleeve Shortening Video Lesson.

Hope this helps, 

Happy sewing Nehzat

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