I have a little girl who will be turning 3 in December. Problem is, while she still fits into the 24 month pants waist size, she has almost outgrown the length of 3T. My solution, while very simple and easy to do, was to add length to the bottom of the jeans by letting out the hem and attaching a pretty ribbon at the bottom. I happen to have a ton of ribbon in my craft stash so the hardest thing was picking the ribbon that would work with the majority of her outfits.... like that really matters at 3. Okay, so I finished the project before I ever thought of making a tutorial. That being said, all I have pictures of is the finished product. But I can walk you through it.... kind of.
1. Gather all the jeans that need to be fixed.
2. Get your seam ripper handy an undo those bottom hems. Leaving only the first roll of the hem folded.... there are two rolls of the hem. This just ensures a clean edge.
3. Iron the bottom of the jeans flat.
4. Pin your ribbon onto the bottom of each leg leaving about 1/2 inch of overlay where the ends meet.
5. Fold the overlay of ribbon in where the ends meet and pin so that you have a clean edge.
6. Sew around the top most part of the ribbon and then again about an inch down, being sure to secure the bottom roll of denim with the stitching.
6. Sew the seam of the two ends of ribbon.
Sorry if any of that sucks it's way into making no sense... next time I will take step by step pictures.... I'm sure you are an intelligent person (or you wouldn't be here) and you can figure out what works best for you. I just wanted to get the idea out there.
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