Guess I still hem them the old fashion way. I am only five feet tall, so even the petites need hemming . I always sew the lace hem tape, and use a blind stitch to hem. Jeans, now that's a different story. I try to rehem exactly as they were hemed. Uuually with the stitching done with a different color. Also do one other trick, suits me, but some folks will not use the technique. If the jeans need two inches off, I make a tuck right at the stitching line of one inch, and that takes off the two inches, and after i do this, and press it really well, i can't see the difference. But a tailor would never accept this type of hem.

I don't mind hemming by hand. I measure and cut them off and overcast the edge. Then I do the hemming with a blind stitch while I'm watching TV. I like to have things to do then. It bothers me to just sit there and stare at the television.

Casual pants that are already stitched with a straight stitch get hemmed on the machine the same as they were when they were bought.

When I first started to sew there was no such thing as a hemmer, at least not on my machine. When I did get one on a different machine, I tried it out. I had no trouble but I soon went back to my old way, guess I'm just a creature of habit.

I hem them the old fashioned way, by hand. I also oversew after every five stitches, so that if the thread ever breaks, it won't unravel more than those five stitches and so the hem won't drop.