Half Elastic Waistband Sewing Hack: Make A Skirt Smaller At The Waist!

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  • Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
  • Sewing Hack! How do you make a skirt smaller and downsize it at the waist without adding fabric and turning your existing waistband into a half elastic waistband the easy way? If that's your question, you've come to the right place! In this DIY youtube sewing tutorial, sewing educator Anastasia Chatzka shows you how to alter a skirt at the waistline to make it amaller and fit you perfectly. It's seriously easy! Happy sewing!!!
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Комментарии • 41

  • @FridayFrida
    @FridayFrida 3 месяца назад +1

    Such a good hack! Thank you!

  • @DeaconBeanCooter
    @DeaconBeanCooter 3 месяца назад +8

    Weight loss has its complications...... Now I need to learn to take in A LOT of my clothes. Thank you for this episode

    • @jennieosborne3530
      @jennieosborne3530 3 месяца назад +1

      It's better then having to add material to the clothes because you are overweight. Now that I'm overweight it's more difficult to find clothes to fit me.

    • @SewAnastasia
      @SewAnastasia  3 месяца назад

      Thank you for watching. Definitely check out some of my other tailoring videos too.

    • @SewAnastasia
      @SewAnastasia  3 месяца назад

      @@jennieosborne3530 Have you considered making your clothes from scratch?

  • @anjabrouns
    @anjabrouns 2 месяца назад +1

    You are amazing!! Thanks❣️

    • @SewAnastasia
      @SewAnastasia  2 месяца назад

      @@anjabrouns thanks for watching 💖

  • @littlelady7843
    @littlelady7843 3 месяца назад +6

    Love this! I like the waist with a little stretch but keep the front flat. That way it looks good and comfortable at the same time! This tip is especially good for summer pants, skirts where the fabric is thin and being comfortable is really important! Thank you!

    • @SewAnastasia
      @SewAnastasia  3 месяца назад

      Totally! Thank you for watching today.

  • @Escape10mom
    @Escape10mom 3 месяца назад +1

    Great info!

  • @Timetraveler1111MN
    @Timetraveler1111MN 3 месяца назад +1

    Very good 😊

  • @victoriahannah1633
    @victoriahannah1633 3 месяца назад

    Great tutorial. I’m always stumped on how to take in too large of a waist. Not no more!

  • @helenv2906
    @helenv2906 3 месяца назад +2

    Good info and cute kitty! Love to see your cat in these video...that's real love..Thank you fir the video❤️❤️

    • @SewAnastasia
      @SewAnastasia  3 месяца назад

      Welcome 🤗 I love my cat. 🐈 I’m happy you like seeing her in the videos 💖

  • @windlessoriginals1150
    @windlessoriginals1150 3 месяца назад +1

    Hi Iris!

  • @daxxydog5777
    @daxxydog5777 3 месяца назад +1

    Great tip! I don’t ever have to take in the waist, unfortunately 😂. I need to Franken-waist a pair of capris to add an inch or two though. They were downright painful to wear the other day.

    • @SewAnastasia
      @SewAnastasia  3 месяца назад

      That sounds annoying! lol 😆 Maybe you can just add a strip of fabric down the leg like a tux stripe in a fabric that matches?!

  • @reinestarkovich7482
    @reinestarkovich7482 3 месяца назад +1

    I absolutely LOVE this tutorial! Thanks Anastasia!❤

    • @SewAnastasia
      @SewAnastasia  3 месяца назад

      Welcome 🤗 Thank you for watching.

  • @shellylemons
    @shellylemons 3 месяца назад +1

    Perfect timing! I have lost weight and have a few items that need taken in just a little. Thank you!!

    • @SewAnastasia
      @SewAnastasia  3 месяца назад

      You are going to love this technique!

  • @artillerybuff2000
    @artillerybuff2000 3 месяца назад +1

    Thanks! BTW, your hair looks awesome 👌

  • @Nicoya
    @Nicoya 3 месяца назад +2

    That's a great quick technique. Personally I prefer the look of the finer, more controlled gathering that you get when the elastic is topstitched in place (and as a bonus it keeps the elastic from slipping around inside the waistband). But that's just a preference thing, both looks have their place.

    • @SewAnastasia
      @SewAnastasia  3 месяца назад

      Thanks for watching today. Yes elastic looks nice when it’s sewn down for sure. Gives it a nice faux shirring look. Sometimes with this thicker fabric I find it keeps the elastic stretched out & it won’t bounce back. Thats why I went with no extra stitches on this one.

    • @Nicoya
      @Nicoya 3 месяца назад

      @@SewAnastasia Yeah for thicker fabric it's a lot more tough. Sometimes a really big zig-zag can work but for really thick stuff even that's not enough.

  • @lighthseskr
    @lighthseskr 3 месяца назад +1

    Great hack. Thank you.🎉

  • @TheresaFrangou
    @TheresaFrangou 3 месяца назад +1

    Really great tip thanks 😊

  • @colleendouglas4405
    @colleendouglas4405 3 месяца назад +1

    Great tutorial Anastasia. Do you have a video on how to make the armholes smaller on a sleeveless top. I have a number of tops where the armholes are just too large but I’m not sure where to start in making them smaller.

    • @SewAnastasia
      @SewAnastasia  3 месяца назад

      You will probably need to take up the shoulders depending on which way they are too big. Thus also means blending the neckline.

    • @colleendouglas4405
      @colleendouglas4405 3 месяца назад

      Thank you for pointing me in the right direction 😊

  • @ShroomiesShrooms
    @ShroomiesShrooms Месяц назад

    Would this work if the skirt has a zipper on the side?

  • @shellylemons
    @shellylemons 3 месяца назад +1

    I have also lost some weight in my hips so a few of pieces don’t fit right on me. How do I take in a little on the hips?

    • @Zayaxa
      @Zayaxa 3 месяца назад +1

      A quick fix to narrow the hips on a pair trousers or shorts is to turn them inside out, put them on, pinch out the fabric down the side seams where there's extra fabric and pin the excess fabric. Draw a line with chalk where there pins are sitting, and then sew along that line. Sometimes this adjustment can make the garment sit weird in other places so double check before sewing.

    • @SewAnastasia
      @SewAnastasia  3 месяца назад

      Like she said below. Just take in the seam. You will need to open up your waistband & hems if you are sewing to them or you will get weird bulky spots.

    • @SewAnastasia
      @SewAnastasia  3 месяца назад

      @@Zayaxa Thanks for watching today!