leatherwork question

[jay]

Does anyone (that reads my LJ ...) have any advice on how to hem a pair of leather pants? I bought a pair of black leather jeans on eBay last week, but the inseam is about an inch too long. Nancy kindly does my hemming on ordinary clothes, but I don't think she's sewn leather before...

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

The three leather items (pants/skirts) I have in my closet have glued seams, as dawnd describes in a comment above. Are yours already hemmed with glue? If you need that undone, having the pants professionally cleaned may loosen the hem -- many glues used by leather garment manufacturers are soluble in dry cleaning stuff.

Are yours lined? The lining is often finished with a serger or a rolled hem, and is not attached to the leather at the bottom edge. My lined pants are like that.

I don't know what kind of glue, alas. I do know that there are kinds that are less soluble in dry cleaning liquids, so you won't have to reglue.