A little while ago I posted a quick tutorial on how to sew a hem. This is handy to use for any sewing project, and is great to shorten pants that are too long for you. I recently come across another tutorial that is great for shortening jeans.

The nice thing about this tutorial is that it leaves the nice store bought hem on the bottom that makes the jeans look more professionally made. In fact, you probably won't even be able to tell that your jeans were shortened when you were done. They will look almost identical to how they were when you bought them, only slightly shorter! Now you don't have to worry about ruining the bottom of your jeans anymore.

This would work with other pants as well, so you are not limited to just jeans. It works great for baby pants too. If you have a baby who is a little shorter, and all their pants are way too long, you can do the same thing to them. This is great for those little girl's pants that have the ruffles on the bottom. Now you can shorten them and still keep the ruffles. - Trisha