Where to chainstitch in Europe?

[volvo240thebest]

finally I have found a tailor in Italy that can provide chainstich hemming services

here they are

http://www.imjit35020.com/

 

they use a Singer chainstitch machine though, no Union Special.

they just quoted me 9 euros for a chainstitch hem on a standard pair of jeans.

 

I am going to try them with a cheap pair of Bob Dong's and see how it works.

[Blue Nemo]

Next week we at Vater&Sohn will provide everybody who is interested with a chain stitch service!

We already own the Union Special and are just waiting for the new sewing table....

Sascha & TO both learned the magic from Giles @Iron Heart and with practice and time I will learn from them to do a badass chain stitch!!!!

Yeah!

[volvo240thebest]

excellent stuff, if I only was a bit closer... everytime with chainstitch i end up spending more for shipping than for the service itself. last time in Holland it costed about 50 euros.

with the service in Italy I should finally be able to do it for way less, 22 euros, not bad.

Edited April 8, 2015 by volvo240thebest

[Blue Nemo]

Not bad at all! And I here ya :-)

We are ver y happy now - and I am lucky as fuck - that we can bring this service to our customers or fellow denim heads.

[volvo240thebest]

If i were you I'd be even more happy to have the facility for my own pairs!

[Blue Nemo]

Haha ya, that is what I meant actually, being a bit selfish here

[greathoudini]

excellent stuff, if I only was a bit closer... everytime with chainstitch i end up spending more for shipping than for the service itself. last time in Holland it costed about 50 euros.

with the service in Italy I should finally be able to do it for way less, 22 euros, not bad.

Where did you do the chainstitching in Holland?

I heard TdN stopped doing chainstitching for people that didn't bought their jeans there. Denham only hems and repairs denham jeans so there isn't a lot of choice left. Because of that I brought my jeans to a local tailor but I'm not really happy with the results

[volvo240thebest]

Mr handy denim repair in Groningen. Great guy, also great repairs. Charges 15 euro

Edited April 8, 2015 by volvo240thebest

[greathoudini]

Allright thanks. Unfortunately it's a pretty long distance away so I hardly visit Groningen

[Cucoo]

That's great news @Blue Nemo, it's always a huge plus if shipping is in-country only!

[Blue Nemo]

^Absolutely, makes communication easier too!

[Max Power]

Will come by soon - you need to fix my 500XX!

[Blue Nemo]

oh yeah!

[Maynard Friedman]

Real McCoys store in London (Henrietta St, Covent Garden) now has a Union Special. £20 for a hem, free for McCoys jeans.

[Bill_e_jean]

Finally, I made it to Munich today for the hemming of my Samurai S510XX.

Josh at "Statement" did an excellent job and shortened my Jeans within one hour.

So if someone in Germany is looking for a professional chainstitch hemming-service, this is definitely your place to go.

[Cucoo]

I second Statement, last week I mailed in my Samurai x DMO 710s for a hemming and just received them back. Quick turnaround and a job well done.

[egyptian]

How much lenght does chainstitching need?

I got this vintage genes and would like to rip off this home made hemming and have it chainstitched, but I'm not sure if it's possible without shortening the lenght?

 

[Foxy2]

What is the seam width and is it a  full double fold?

I would recommend a proper hem in any case - seam width, stitch count, thread color and thread size (thickness) look off!

Edited September 29, 2018 by Foxy2

[egyptian]

It is double fold, ~15mm.

Yeah absolutely I must have them hemmed...

[Collin]

I can recommend Superstitch in Paris. His work is wonderful and he's the official representative of Resolute in France.

[Foxy2]

On 9/29/2018 at 9:34 PM, egyptian said:

It is double fold, ~15mm.

Yeah absolutely I must have them hemmed...

if the seam allowances at the inseams and outseams are not cut back it shouldn't be a problem to re-hem your pair and actually gain 0.5-1.0cm if the current seam allowance measures 1.5cm and is a full double fold.
most folders should produce hems in the region of around 1.0cm...

as to the possible question of where to hem - you can let us know where you're located and I'm sure somebody will have a suggestion.

Edited October 2, 2018 by Foxy2

[Spiraltoy]

Second sunrise in Stockholm, Göteborg manufaktur in...Gothenburg and Manér in Malmö (not entirely sure of this one). The first two does a good job on the union special they have but Second sunrise has a tighter stitch if that’s something you fetish over.

[egyptian]

13 hours ago, Foxy2 said:

if the seam allowances at the inseams and outseams are not cut back it shouldn't be a problem to re-hem your pair and actually gain 0.5-1.0cm if the current seam allowance measures 1.5cm and is a full double fold.
most folders should produce hems in the region of around 1.0cm...

as to the possible question of where to hem - you can let us know where you're located and I'm sure somebody will have a suggestion.

Thanks!

I'm in EU but I'm going to Bangkok in a couple of weeks so I'm gonna have them hemmed there.

[Maynard Friedman]

On 08/04/2015 at 8:22 AM, volvo240thebest said:

finally I have found a tailor in Italy that can provide chainstich hemming services

here they are

http://www.imjit35020.com/

 

they use a Singer chainstitch machine though, no Union Special.

they just quoted me 9 euros for a chainstitch hem on a standard pair of jeans.

 

I am going to try them with a cheap pair of Bob Dong's and see how it works.

@volvo240thebest did you ever use this service and if so, how were the results?

[volvo240thebest]

I haven't used it yet, at the end the last time I caved and sent jeans to My Handy Denim repair in the Nederlands because he has the Union Special and I knew he makes a good job.

I may try the next time I have a pair of jeans coming.