Shorten Coat Sleeves

 Hello Readers. Sometimes clothes don't fit perfectly. It is easy to shorten the sleeves of a jacket to fit you better. It only takes a few minutes and you don't need a sewing machine. You only need a needle and thread.

 

Before and after.

 

I liked everything about this trench coat. But the sleeves... The sleeves are several inches too long. The sleeves are going to make it hard to drive and I'm gonna wreck! I need to shorten them. I can do this without taking the whole jacket sleeve apart. 

 

 I tried on the jacket and turned the end of the sleeve in.

 

 I folded the sleeve in until it was the length I needed.  

I ironed the sleeve so I would have a crisp fold at the end of the sleeve. I turned the sleeves inside out. Ironing the sleeve made it stay in place well and I can see where my fold is. Now I need to sew it in place. 

I used a sewing needle to sew this by hand. I also use basic black all-purpose thread. I threaded the needle and tied a knot at the end of my piece of thread and I was ready.

I made sure my needle went through the lining (Only the lining.) of the sleeve and...

Then I made sure the needle went through the edge of the sleeve. I sewed all the way around the sleeve to secure the folded edge to the inside of the sleeve. It doesn't matter if this is messy sewing with some uneven stitches. No one will see the inside of the sleeve. 

It only took a few minutes to sew these stitches all the way around the sleeves. You can see my sewing is not anything fancy, that's OK. I just want to hold the sleeve tucked in the sleeves when I am wearing. 

My hand is out of the sleeve better now and it fits better. 

It's cold and windy where I live, I hope you can stay warm and cozy all winter.