Sharpie to the rescue!
I'm short. Five feet, no inches. And wide. Size sixteen wide. I can fit into size fourteen, but I'm thick-waisted and I like to continue breathing when I sit down. Anyway....when I buy new pants, (that's trousers, not underpants!) I always have to take up the hems by four to six inches. Recently, I did this with two pairs of new black pants for work. After a few washes, I noticed the black thread I'd used had faded to grey, (what's with that? never happened before..) making the stitches much more noticeable. Not such a good look, although I think I'm the only one who has noticed. But I'm most certainly not going to unpick and resew them, I had enough trouble the first time! My eyesight isn't what it used to be, black on black is hard to see, plus it took me longer to thread the needle than do the actual sewing. So what did I do? Sharpie to the rescue! The laundry marker kind, with the ink that doesn't wash off. I lightly touc...