How To Take In Pants Waistband

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How to take in pants waistband. A demonstration of one way to take in the waist of a pair of pants. Measure what needs to come off and mark it with a ruler and a fabric marker. Try on the garment to check the fit and change the size of the loop until you are pleased with the fit. Mark it so you gradually end up with the original crack seam.

Use scissors to trim seams to no smaller than a half inch. Turn your pants inside out and try on your pants. Take the pants off and measure between the two points you marked to determine the total amount to be adjusted. Easy way to take in the waist of pants no cutting no machine how to take in jeans at the waist.

If you have taken in the pants use the seam ripper to remove the original stitching from the seam in the altered section. Alterations by phyllis 286 374 views. Take the pants and fold them on the back seam you know the crack of the pants. Measure your victim s waist and figure out how much of the waistband needs to come off.

These are knit pants with an open sort of waistband with elastic inside. I did find that the second method works better with some pants and especially if you are taking the pants in quite a bit. Mark it with your dressmaker s chalk. Have someone pin them where they feel just right.

Pull the waistband away from your body pinching the excess and mark the area with chalk or pins. If you have reattached the waistband press the waistband seam toward the waistband. I love that in the first video you can do it by hand with no machine. Measure how much you would like to take in.

Remove the stitching that holds down the inside facing of the waistband about 5 6 inches 12 5 15 centimeters on each side of the center seam. Use the iron to press the side and center back seams open. Make sure to get both sides of the pinched fabric. Pull out the elastic and pin a 1 inch loop in it to tighten it.

How to take in or let out men s dress pants at the waist duration.