Speed bump -

There I was - moving right along -

Got the orange pair of pants hemmed -

And then the brown ones -

When I hit a speed bump -

The blue ones aren't "straight-leg" -

They're "tapered" -

So the hem won't lie flat when I do the double fold -

Nope - these aren't going to lie flat - at all - rats!! -

So - I "googled" "How To Hem Tapered Pants" -

And the sites that I visited made the process sound easy enough -
Taper the inseams and the side seams to compensate -

OK - I can do that -

But these are not just a "little" narrower -

These are a LOT narrower at the bottom than the top -

So - I'll have to figure out something else -

Probably double check the length -
And go for a MUCH narrower hem -
Maybe a double 1/2" or double 3/4" instead of a double 1-1/2" -

Maybe I could cut at that first fold line -
And re-fold the double fold there -
It's closer to the same width at that point -
And the hem would still be a double 3/4" -

That might work - I think - maybe - maybe not -

UGH!! -

Now I remember why I don't like to hem pants -

And if this lady wasn't someone VERY special -

I probably wouldn't be hemming these either - LOL - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -