How To Take In Elastic Pants

Cut a piece of elastic the same width as the elastic in the garment and the length you want to extend the waist usually between 1 1 2 and 2 inches.

How to take in elastic pants. How to take in elastic waistbands step 1. Unpin one side of the elastic and pull it out enough to maneuver easily. These are knit pants with an open sort of waistband with elastic inside. A demonstration of one way to take in the waist of a pair of pants.

Notice that the pins do not make a pretty line above but they give us a place to start. Turn on the iron and dampen a cloth. Take the pants and fold them on the back seam you know the crack of the pants. I love that in the first video you can do it by hand with no machine.

Fold the inside out pants in half so the creased pant legs are stacked. Pull out the elastic and pin a 1 inch loop in it to tighten it. I did find that the second method works better with some pants and especially if you are taking the pants in quite a bit. Try on the garment to check the fit and change the size of the loop until you are pleased with the fit.

Turn the pants inside out and pin the excess fabric from the center seam. A few stitches to sew the cut shut and you have perfect fit. Set the sewing machine to a wide zigzag stitch and a short stitch length. Easy way to take in the waist of pants no cutting no machine how to take in jeans at the waist.

Tips are included such as what needles to use how to. Cut a small slit in the interior fabric. You want your iron on and set to the highest. Meaning take out an even amount of fabric from the front and the back.

Measure what needs to come off and mark it with a ruler and a fabric marker. Then pinch the excess fabric along the waist that you want to remove. If you have a chair that is the right size to stretch the elastic. Mark it so you gradually end up with the original crack seam sew along that line.

Unpin and re pin smoothing out the fabric keeping the outside seam of the pants flat. Pull to desired size then knot or sew. Lo ann bui 86 910 views. For example if you want to make the waist 2 inches 5 1 cm narrower pin 1 inch 2 5 cm of the fabric from the center seam.

How to take the stretch out of an elastic in clothing method 1 of 3. Take the pants off put on different pants and lay your pinned pair on your work surface. Thread a smaller elastic alongside the bigger one.