How do you hem pants without the thread showing?

Question

i am trying to hem a pair of pants that are to long. i am turning them inside out and bringing the outside up, i no there is a way to make it so the thread i am sewing it with doesnt show but it doesn't seem possible. how do i do it?

Answer 1

A surger machine.  If you don't have one, which I'm assuming you don't, then you need to take it to a pro to do.

Answer 2

look at this site

http://www.videojug.com.htm

write in hem trousers and you can watch a video of how to fix them

Answer 3

Basic hemming:

http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/fcs2/fcs2...

For pants, by hand, you'll be using either the slipstitch or catchstitch, and catching just a thread or two of the outside pants fabric as you stitch.  I usually use a variant of the slip stitch, where what shows on the outside is a vertical stitch

covering two threads of the fabric.

If the pants are tapered, you'll find that the diameter of the cut edge is smaller than the leg portion you'll be sewing it to.  To get around that, you'll need to break the stitching at inseam and outseam or make a very narrow hem.

Answer 4

Use a blind stitch. I'm sorry, I don't know quite how to explain, but you can look at this other answer from a year ago that explains it more than I ever could. Good luck!

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Got this explanation in a Yahoo search:

Blind Stitch

For hems (where strength is not needed). Attaching lining, facing, or flaps to a garment where the stitches should not show on either side. Often used in applique.

Technique

The "trick" with this stitch is that, instead of sewing through the fabric, you are sewing near the surface of the fabric. The needle point does not go through the other side of the fabric: you take up single threads that lie near the surface.

In general, it is easier to do the stitch going from right to left. Reverse this (go left to right) if you are left-handed. Depending on what you are using this stitch for, you will probably need to "roll back" one of the fabric pieces.

Nudge the tip of the needle underneath a single thread on fabric A. This may take a few tries. Once you're sure it's underneath a single thread, push the needle through. Pull gently until you've reached the knotted end. The single thread may break. If so, just try a new single thread.

Nudge the tip of the needle underneath a single thread on fabric B, just a bit to the left of where you ran the thread on fabric A. Just how far to the left depends on how big you want to make your stitches. (Stitches that are about 1/4 of an inch apart work pretty well.) Pull the thread through.

Nudge the tip of the needle underneath a single thread on fabric A, just a bit to the left of where you ran the thread on fabric B. Pull the thread through.

You should now have two stitches that form a roughly triangular shape: /\ . Pull very gently to tighten the stitch. Pulling too tightly can cause the cloth to "pucker" and look lumpy. As you pull, the stitch will straighten itself out. When you've done a row of these, it looks like you've got a running stitch right along the place that the two fabrics meet!

Daifuku: Personally, I find it easier to do several stitches very "loosely" and then very gently pull the thread to tighten them. Otherwise, I sometimes have to loosen up the stitch again so that I can roll enough fabric back to start the next stitch.

Additional notes

For most fabrics, taking up a single thread works just fine. For delicate fabrics, like satin, it may be hard to take up just one thread or the single thread may break. In those cases, you can take up a a few more threads. Just make sure that you aren't pulling up threads that lie deeper in the fabric. If you take up too many threads, the stitch will be noticable.

This stitch takes a lot of practice and can be very tiring on your hands. If you haven't tried using this stitch before, try practicing on two pieces of medium-weight cotton and use a contrasting color thread so you can really see what you are doing.

Answer 5

get a thread color that matches your pants, so if it shows than you can't see it anyways.

Answer 6

I make my larger stitches on the inside (1/2 inch or so), then the stitches on the outside just catch a thread or two--just enough to hold it.