Why do they make pants for 6 foot tall Amazon women when I am hardly 5 feet tall!! I have tried petite pants and honestly I'm not petite.I am just short. So I try and buy pants in "short" but they are hard to come by. I have found that Levis short works well for me but they just didn't have the skinny leg jeans that I wanted. Just my life, I can never find what I want and when I do it just doesn't fit.
So, I found a pair of skinny leg jeans, that I really love, the only thing is that they are 4 inches too long. And a big cuff on skinny jeans just didn't look right. I wanted a pair of jeans that I could wear with boots and sandals.
The next step is to hem these things, right, home hems look so awesome, don't they?!?. Well, I found a way to use the existing double rolled hem. It's out there somewhere on the web but I couldn't find my original inspiration, if I do I will share it.
First, measure the length and decide how short you want them
to be. Pin them, remembering that we will using the existing hem.

Stitch in a jean color or dark color thread
along the existing hem.

Then with all the bravery you have cut off the extra
material leaving a small seam allowance. 
Next, iron the existing hem flat. The
stitch line that we just made will be hidden just above the stitching of the original.

I can't say that mine is the most fabulous of tailoring
jobs, but the end result is nice and is fine for me. It saved me cash because I didn't have to pay
to have it done, added bonus.
I bought these pants in February and just altered them
today. Can you say procrastination? At least they are done and sandal ready!!!
Plus, let's give a big shout out to the photographer - 3
year old - Evelyn. Nice job kiddo.
