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removing back pocket stitching

raley

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I'm sure this is a relatively simple process, but does anyone know how to go about removing back pocket stitching from jeans (they are my girlfriend's jeans from Express, the wash is actually quite nice but the back pocket stitching is a bit too... prevalent... for my taste)?
 

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The best way to do it is with a seam ripper. It's a lot more precise than fiddling with a knife or scissors. It looks like
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and you use put the sharp part under the thread and push so the thread gets cut on sharpened curve. I'm probably overexplianing this. They're $1-3 at a fabric store or a department store. Heck, Target or Wal-Mart probably carry them.
 

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Thanks a lot - the picture and description is very helpful. Easier than I thought it would be.
 
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actually, the nudie stitching is a breeze. i think it is a single-overlock stitch, so if you just rip the thread from the back, the stitching all pops out-----i couldn't find my seam ripper, so i did it with a dull pen-knife.
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Originally Posted by denimdestroyedmylife
actually, the nudie stitching is a breeze. i think it is a single-overlock stitch, so if you just rip the thread from the back, the stitching all pops out-----i couldn't find my seam ripper, so i did it with a dull pen-knife.

Dammit, it took me hours of, like, neuroscopic-surgery to do it, and even then it didn't come out very well. Ohs wells.
 

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Originally Posted by seen
Who's jeans is it? You wear the same size as your girlfriend?

Oh, yeah I'm pretty much trying to convert her over to the premium denim side. She is definitely much smaller than me
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so I am just "helping" convert her tastes over to something more along the lines of mine.
 

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