Hem a Pair of Pants With Cuffs

Learn a new skill, save money and make your clothes look great by learning how to hem cuffed pants.

Steps

Decide how long the pants are to be and how wide the cuffs are to be.
Measure the length of the pants from the inseam, add twice the width of the cuff plus 1/2 the width of the cuff. For example, for a 29" inseam with a {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} cuff, cut each pants leg inseam to measure 29 + 3 + 3/4 (32 3/4 inches). Allow extra if you don't want the hem to have a raw edge.
Press the first fold in the pants to measure inseam length plus cuff width. It would be 29 + {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}}, or {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} in the example above.
Press the second fold to measure {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} up from the first fold. That's your cuff.
Hem the pants {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} from the bottom (second) fold. Unless the fabric of the pants is thick, the raw edge should be at a distance halfway up the cuff. Thus the stitches of the hem (on the inside) will be hidden by the cuff (on the outside). Sometimes, the cuffs are tacked to the pants at seam lines so they won't flop down.
Note that for thicker fabric, the in-seam length will be what you desire for your finished pants, but each fold will require a little more fabric to go around the folds.

Measure the length of a pair of pants that are the right length, if you don't already know your leg length. The correct measurement is from the crotch (inseam) to the bottom of the leg.
Lay the pants that you want to shorten on an ironing board or table, one leg before you.
Take hold of the cuff and bring it up the leg of the pants until you have the right length. (eg. If they need to be 1 inch shorter, then bring the cuff up one inch)
Pin wherever necessary.
Continue all around the leg pinning the cuff to the leg of the pants.
Try on the pants to ensure that they are the right length.
Sew the cuff to the leg of the pants as you have pinned it. Use the same seam that is at the top of the cuff, just resew it into the new position. If the cuff has no seam at the top, then make a seam {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} from the top of the cuff by sewing it to the leg of the pant.
Trim the excess material (the part that was folded up) from the inside of the pant leg.
Finish off the raw edge that you just made by sewing a zig-zag stitch or bind with binding tape.
Repeat with the other leg.

Create a small hemming business.
If you don't want a raw edge on the hem, add {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} measurement to each leg, fold the fabric up that amount, (wrong sides together) and hem that edge. If the fabric is thick, you may prefer to bind the edge of the hem instead of turning it.