Mr. McFarland is a master tailor. He's been in business since the 1960s. You have to pay some money to see him sew anything. I understand where you're coming from. But if I was doing a podcast and I had his experience, you would have to cough up some cash. He has old school videos you can buy on his website
A wonderful tutorial, thank you! My favorite tip you share is how important it is to realize that pants often taper down, and are narrower at the bottom, which is why so many pants pucker at the new hem line. Then you give clear guidance on how to solve that problem. (I have noticed this problem when shortening jacket sleeves, too.) So many other tutorials on RU-vid have left out this important step.
Mich Rich u have to taper the jacket sleeves too because the more you shorten sleeves the hem part gets smaller and it won’t lay flat or right when pressed
Thank you, Gentleman Jim! You explanations were so easy to understand and I love your voice. I learned more from you in 5 minutes than I have watching others for 30 minutes! This was exactly what I needed to know! Thank you so much!
Gentleman Jim, I was searching for a perfect video on heming pants for a lady inquiring on fb. Now she can watch you instead of me explaining! (I used to do alterations). You did a great job explaining!
OoooOooOOOooohhHHhh WOOOOOOOW! THANK you for the tip about widening the bottom of the hem! It's been 35+ years since I've worked on men's pants. New husband and now new pants. 🤣 I need to take up the length by 2" and am refreshing myself. I am SO thankful I found you! When I was young, I didn't know how to adjust for the tapering and had puckered hems. NOW because of THIS I know how to prevent it. I'm a quilter now and sew a LOT, but not as much clothes making, so I needed to find YOU!
You truly are a Gentleman and a Scholar. I have hemed many of his pants. But recently my husband bought a suit and the Taylor hand hemmed his pants to his size. When I examend his workmsnship, I was very surprised and impressed. It was the first time I had seen this. He opened the side seams so it would not pucker at the bottom. And not only this, he had folded the same amount of cloth inside and also hand sewed the inner rim of the pant legs. I was truly impressed. I have seen other taylors hem suit pants rather poorly. You have given the best and most profesional advise. When a man walks with a well sewn and well taylored suit, it is just flawless.
Thank you so much. I’m a brand new sewist. One of the reasons I became interested in sewing and creating better fitting clothes is because I am shorter than most women but taller than what is considered “petite”. As a result, nearly every pair of pants I buy need a hem. Sadly I have cut so many pairs of pants incorrectly and had to throw them out or cut them all the way down to shorts (if they were jeans to start). I love flare jeans and I have several pair of nice dress pants and flare jeans, that I now feel confident that I will be able to hem properly. Again, thank you so much and Bravo YOU ROCK! 😁👏💃
Thanks Gentleman Jim, always felt that the inseam measurement was the important one but your explanation and expertise re-educated me. Will do it your way from now on. Thank you sir!
Wow!! What a great video! 👍That tip abt how to equalize the width at bottom area is GOLDEN!! Never knew that ! And ALWAYS struggle with that issue!! Thank you SO MUCH! I cud kiss you for this tip!😘😘😘
I want to say your explanation to adjusting and hemming are easy to understand. I listened to your video once & then once again. Makes so much sense!! Thank you!! Your tip for laying the pant flat was something I had not thought of! So again, Thanks
Thank you Gentleman Jim, that was very helpful! I see I'm going to have to get one of those real long metal rulers like you have, that looks very useful. I hope you and yours are well and thanks again for the great tips, take care
I just did a massive alteration turning trousers into shorts at diff lengths and couldn't figure out why it was puckering at times! Duh! Thank you for clearing it up!
Thank you! Very helpful tips. I am trying to hem a variety of pants for my Grandfather, since my Grandma passed and she always did it for him. But I've never hemmed pants before. I really want to do a good job for him. This was so very helpful!
It does make sense, after a few problems I had in the past, I always ask my clients to try on all of the pants. Now I see why!!!! omg this video answer my questions, Thanks so much for this video, All of your videos are GREAT!!!
I have 6 pairs of pants my cousin needs hem. I told him he needs to try them on first so I can get a correct measurement but he said."just take the inseam of my others pants".Tried to let him know they were different styles and fit. I won't hem them until he tries them on to see if he wears them at the waist or below or above the waist. Looking at your guide has taught me alot. Thanks, let you know how things turned out.
Thank you Gentleman Jim! This was great and it just so happened I took the outside measurement on the pants I am tailoring today due to the problems you pointed out. Also, I was curious about the right way to overcome the tapering problem. I'll now open the seam. I feel much better after watching you!
I thank you for teaching me in the past how to do alterations on my family's business suits. Now I need your help with lining already made wool trousers to stop the skin itching. Is it possible? Many thanks again for sharing! Sonja in SoCal.
Excellent. I had trouble with a tailor who messed up two pairs of expensive trousers also, he could not understand that every length of trousers can be different depending on the rise.
Sir, thank you for this guidsnce. My husband is a very big guy, though shirt in stature. Hemming his pants proves yo be problematic due to the narrower bottom and the wider area where the fold up to to be. Does the opening the side seams work for this situation as well?
What if we need basic or intermediate tailoring advice, because our goals aren't so lofty? I need to hem sweatpants. If possible, I would just cut them, if the cut won't slowly fray. I think getting professional tailoring is good if you have a pair of dress pants or the bottoms from a suit, but with sweatpants, most people aren't as picky.
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