chain stitching

[snugglepony]

the photos show an "original hem" (also known as california hem i believe) done poorly.

quoted for truth.

that's a fucking horseshit job any way you slice it. like i've said, you can get original hem jobs that look great, inside and out, and you'll never see it unless you're closer than a foot away...

[denimdestroyedmylife]

thanks for the photographic evidence. plastic surgery disasters for the raw denim set. :goosebumps:

[sybaritical]

Thanks for posting the pics pacioli. Frankenhemming really does look like a horror show, so I think I'm off to go get my jeans hemmed free down at Uniqlo.

[cheapmuthafukr]

hmmm... so im listening to horror show by the libertines and i come upon those pics.

amazing.

[sybaritical]

Must've be that symian mind meld thing again. It happens to me all the time and it's pretty cool, except for when I'm supermarket shopping and I end up at the checkout with a trolley full of bananas.

[ringring]

quoted for truth.

that's a fucking horseshit job any way you slice it. like i've said, you can get original hem jobs that look great, inside and out, and you'll never see it unless you're closer than a foot away...

I agree with Pony & others - done properly (ie not like that photo), hem reattachment looks very convincing.

But, if you can't find a chainstitcher, just get a regular hem done. Make it narrow (like half inch) and use a thick 100% cotton thread. That's a fine hem.

[Oldboy]

Here's what you're looking for:

http://members.cox.net/reesycakes/originalhem.html

[pacioli]

done properly (ie not like that photo), hem reattachment looks very convincing.

please go teach my tailor. Ex-tailor.

[mizanation]

im sorry that looks like shit. If that is a picture of what chainstiching is then it looks like amature shit. fuck "chainstiching" (still dont know what the hell it even is but thanks 2 those pics i think it looks like shit anyways)

I would recomend u take your jeans to a good tailor and tell them u want your shit hemmed but to have the original hem to make them look exactly the same but shorter. U people on here try to get too fancy and it turns out looking like shit.

haha.

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[mizanation]

Here's what you're looking for:

http://members.cox.net/reesycakes/originalhem.html

guys, you should really check oldboy's link out. it's a very good example of original hemming done correctly. i'm going to do this for my wife's jeans (but since hers flair a little, i'll probably have to do additonal work).

[xxreichxx]

43200G Special Machine:

http://www.ebay.it/itm/Union-Special-43200G-classic-chain-stich-machine-/160876319298?pt=Artigianato_ed_Industria&hash=item2574f9d242

[Paul T]

If you're punting your own wares, please do it in one thread, not five of the bleeders!