Taking in, hemming, and patching blue jeans

What I did:

Before

These jeans of my husband's were too big in the waist, too long, and had a small bit of fraying on the front thigh.

front view of man's legs in blue jeans that are too long (cuffs folded up 3 inches or so)

Before: too long, front

back view of man's legs in blue jeans that are too long (cuffs folded up 3 inches or so)

Before: too long, back

man in blue jeans, just back waist/hip; jeans are pinned with safety pins at waist because they are too big

Before: too big in the waist (note safety pins)

closeup of denim jeans with small area where frayed, white threads are visible

Before: closeup of fraying at right thigh

After

man's legs in blue jeans that are hemmed to fall right above his brown shoes

After: I hemmed the jeans so that they fell just above his regular shoes.

back view of man's legs in blue jeans that are hemmed to fall just above his shoes

After: hemmed jeans, back view

closeup of man's feet and ankles in blue jeans that end just above his shoes

After: closeup of the hem

closeup of denim jeans with rectangular machine darning

After: closeup of the mending I did to prevent further fraying at the thigh

back view of man in blue jeans, from waist to bottom of back pocket, with two darts that slim the waist area visible on either side of beltloop

After: I narrowed the waist by sewing in two darts from the back waist to the back pockets.