How To Customize Jeans Just The Way You Like: Fit & Style

Clever Fix For Waist Too Large: If jeans fit well everywhere but the gap at the waist, here’s a clever way to fix that by working with the side seams.

Ending Bum Crack How-To: Here’s a simple way to fix that back gap, install a piece of elastic at the back waist.

How To Lengthen Them: Here’s a technique for getting some extra length out of your favorite pair of pants by unpicking the hem and reassembling for extra length.

Kansas A’s Method For Hemming: Learn to hem like a pro with this tutorial loaded with pictures and instructions.

Clever Hem: Here’s a way to shorten pants yet still keeping the original hem intact.

How To Make Them Smaller: Don’t like the bootcut or want them less wide around the legs? Here’s how to fix that by cutting & re-sewing the inner legs.

How To Add Bell Bottoms: Jeans are opened at the seam then a scrap of denim sewn in to make the flared bottom.

Re-Dying A Darker Blue: Learn how to transform a favorite but faded pair of jeans into a darker blue so they look new again.

Add A Hippie Fringe: Here’s a fun look that adds a piece of decorative ribbon and fringe along the bottom cuff.

Gold Painted: Paper doilies, gold fabric paint and a paint sponge are used to add some designer style to an ordinary pair of jeans.

Rock Star Style: Transfer a design of your choosing onto denim with this simple technique using a bleach pen.

Zipper Legs How-To: Here’s how to add a zipper to the bottom of each leg so skinny jeans don’t make your feet look so huge.

Ribbon Cuff: Sweet look for little girls and easy to do too! You’ll just need bits of ribbon to pull this off.

Adding Ruffles: Another cute look for girls, a fabric ruffle is sewn onto the bottom hem. Great idea for adding some length too.

Patching Tutorial: Here’s how to repair rips and tears using a scrap of fabric and fusible interfacing.

Painted Embellishments: Add a splash of color with this technique using a stencil of your choice and fabric paint (or screen printing ink).

Add A Maternity Band: The front waist of the pants are cut off and then a band of wide elastic is sewn on.

Easy Maternity Jeans: This method uses fabric from a tight fitting t-shirt to make the stretchy panel for the pants.

Fabric Cuffs & Colorful Buttons: Add a fun fabric print at the cuff and buttons in a complimentary color.

DIY Floral Print: Using a piece of lace or a floral pattern, trace design onto white denim with fabric markers.