With most slacks or pants, the leg tapers & is narrower at the bottom. When you cut a portion away, you are turning up a new hem up into the leg portion that is wider than the area you cut away.

You can undo the seam allowance in the area that will be the turned under hem. You will need to do something at the bottom to keep it from fraying & opening to the outside. You can sew a few stitches across the bottom where you stopped removing the side & inside seams. This should open the area enough for it to lay flat. If these seam allowances are unfinished, you may want to treat with Fray Chek so they won't unravel as they are washed & dried.

I read your response 3 or 4 times before I finally "got it". You explained it very well, I'm just a little dense. Thank you so very much for responding and straightening me out.

That, by the way, that was a fantastic solution.

rich

Hello! I enjoyed your message. You certainly have a way with words! One thing that might help you is to buy some fusible web tape - I can't think of the brand name right now. But you can get it at Wal-Mart in their craft and sewing section. It is about 1/2 inch wide and comes on a roll. Read the directions carefully. You generally use a warm, not hot, iron and it will fuse the two pieces of the pants hem together. From there, you can either just leave it like that, without sewing, or you can sew it after you fuse it. It is useful for a number of sewing needs.

She is talking "Stitch Witchery". I have never had much luck with it on things that are washed & dried a lot.

Since I do work for the public, I don't want it coming back to me to re-do. I worked for a firm when I was right out of high school that provided school uniforms. I had lots of chubby kids that had to have something to hold up to their wear & tear. At 19 or so, I figured this method out & have continued to use it.