How To Lengthen Pants That Are Too Short

Dig through your fabric stash for a piece of fabric ruffle or lace that you can sew onto the bottom of each leg to create a cuff.

How to lengthen pants that are too short. Measure the width of the pant leg. You cant make longer what is not there. You should have an angle at the end of each of your strips.

Lay one of them right side up lay the other right side down perpendicular to the first lining up the diagonal edge. Now wrap the Belle Bottoms fabric around the cuff of your pants. This is a fun and stylish option and can work for jeans or for dress pants.

If your strips are shorter than the length you need you can sew two strips together. Mine was 7 inches Then cut 2 strips of fabric that are 1 inch wider for a seam allowance than the width of the pant length. Then measure the exact width of the bottom of your pants.

If the jeans are too long then hemming them is an easy fix. There is no way to lengthen the rise of pants unless you add a piece of fabric. Measure the length that you want for the shorts if the pattern doesnt have enough length then lengthen it on the paper before cutting the fabric.

However even if the jeans are a little too short its easy to lengthen them by up to an inch with just a couple of quick alterations. Multiply by 2 and then add 2 cm or 1 for the seam allowances. If your pants are just a little too short to wear with your best combat boots heres how to alter them.

Pin the single fold bias tape around the bottom of the pants. The raw edge of the bias tape should line up with the raw edge of the pants fabric. Adjusting for the perfect length that you want for the pants.