How to Tailor Your Pants

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Description: This guide will show you how to tailor the...

Steps:

1. To make the process of tailoring your pants easier, use a second pair of pants that already has the desired length as an outline.
2. Place the pants with the length you want on top of the pants that you will be tailoring.

3. Measure the length you want to cut off with your fingers.
4. The amount of fingers you use may vary depending on the length you want to cut off.

5. Pin your pants at the length you want to cut off.
6. An alternative option to pinning your pants is marking the length with a pencil.

7. Cut along the pins.
8. Cut along the pencil mark if you chose this option instead.

9. Fold the pants so that the seam is on the inside. Next, sew along the folded edge with a sewing machine.
10. Pin the pants to keep the fold in place and to make sewing easier.

11. Check to make sure your pants are now your desired length.

12. If you have achieved your desired length then you are finished!