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Originally Posted by Malloric
You can always pin them.
I get them done for two reasons. One I can't sew for a damn so my stitching is ugly. The bigger reason is I'm stocky and carrying some extra weight and have a short inseam. 36" pants aren't cut with people with 30" inseams in mind. The taper point ends up being below the knee and you get some really baggy pants.
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You can mark with chalk or pins, but it's not going to be (nearly) perfect unless someone else marks it. Having a rounded abdomen, a generous caboose, or wide hips makes skirt hemming a bit more difficult. It can be done, but it takes more time. It's like installing new kitchen cabinets in an old house. Nothing is level or plumb.
I've done a bit of needlepoint and crewel, so my hand sewing can be quite nice, but I have no patience for that sort of thing these days. I don't sew seams by hand; there's no need to. Fortunately, hemming can be ugly on the back, wrong side.
I used to have the opposite problem with pants. I'm of above average height for a woman and have long legs. Years, decades ago, pants had a generous hem, and I always had to use all of it.