How To Take In Bootcut Pants

In the video i demonstrate the reason for fitting the pants before sewing it i show.

How to take in bootcut pants. Take off the jeans and lay them pin side up on a flat surface. Don t worry about this mark showing. Sit on the floor with your legs flat against the ground. Straighten the jean legs so that the outer seam is against your leg and the jean legs lay flat against the floor with the inner seam on the inside edge.

Insert these pins perpendicular to the edge of the fabric. So measure the width at the. Simply pair your favorite graphic tee with some high waisted ripped bootcut jeans. Draw a line down the jean leg about 1 2 inch from your leg from the knee to the ankle.

You are going to. One of the most popular ways to style bootcut jeans is to wear boots with a 1 to 3 inches 2 5 to 7 6 cm heel. One side will have contrasting stitching and the other won t. Secure the excess fabric with straight pins.

Tuck the top into the front of your jeans to add a little bit of structure to your figure and highlight your waist wear with wedge heels and your favorite crossbody purse. With a yardstick draw a straight vertical line using the pins as your guide showing where the new seam will be. Continue to pinch and pin all the way down the pant leg. Repeat with the other pant leg.

I usually mark the denim about hanf an inch 2cm longer than my heel. Repeat this for the other lines. For a straight leg you basically want the leg to be the same width down from the knee. Marks from sewing pencils are designed to come clean in the wash.

Turn your jeans inside out and put them on. This will make it easier to remove them as you sew. Grab a pair of well fitting straight or skinny jeans and place the bottom hem of one leg along the bottom of the jeans you re altering. Go for boots with a pointed or rounded heel.

Most bootcut styles begin to flare at the mid calf where a pair of boots would hit hence the style s name. Use a sewing pencil to mark the location where you want the flare to start on your jeans. Keep accessories simple and voila you are ready to go. Wear boots in a lighter color with dark wash bootcut jeans for a nice contrast or in darker color a more sleek look.

Step 1 try the denim on with both flat and hig heeled shoes. Make sure the jeans hit just above your boots or just below your ankles. Sew the seam. Mark the width adding 1 2 for seam allowance.

Turn bootcut jeans into straight legs 1.