How to take in the waist of jeans and dress pants
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- Join me as I sew with my friend and former student. We had a ton of fun as we altered her new jeans and dress pants.
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0:00 Intro
3:00 Jeans
10:42 Dress Pants
Music: Two of Us from the RUclips Audio Library 
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Learn to add elastic to the waist of jeans at 3:10 and a slicker way to take in the waist of dress pants at 12:05.
Thank you! I've just done this is my stretchy leggings and they're finally staying up. For a tall, slim woman, who has a nightmare finding trousers that actually fit, this is an absolute game changer!
Oh, that's fantastic to hear! Thanks for finding my channel!
Very useful techniques! Thank you and thank you to the gorgeous Michelle too
Catherine your on point SLOW directions was my salvation👍Yours was the 8th video that I watched and rewatched but yours was the right one for me to take n my husbands pants and Bermuda shirts after his 25 lbs loss following my home flooding fromHurricane Ida I took on the pants project as the alterations person wanted to charge me $28.00 per pants! I thank your for sharing your knowledge and the simple way you explained each and every step! Thank you from the bottom of my heart🥰🥳Connie
Wow, Connie, that is such a lovely comment. Thanks so much for finding my channel and bringing such a great presence. Glad to have you on board!
This was fantastic!!! I have some pants I've been trying to learn how to take in and have been having trouble finding a video that explains it in a way beginners can understand. I love that you've shown how to take in pants of different kinds. Super helpful!!!
It's lovely comments like yours that put the wind in my sails! Thank you. So happy you found this video helpful!
Thank you so much Catherine (and Michelle) for this video. I have lived for years with pants, jeans and shorts that don’t fit without wearing a belt (= added weight and heat in the summer 😤) and not doing anything for fear of ruining the garment. Thanks to you I am ready to tackle this task.
Also, I never realized what a pain it is to film your own sewing. I empathize: I always had a hard time placing the camera so that my hands won’t get in the way when filming my recipes. People don’t always appreciate the work that goes on behind filmed tutorials. Oh, and by the way, not being original here, but I need to say that you are a fantastic teacher. I recently subscribed and look forward to your videos. Thank you again!
I love watching you work with a friend. So great. Thanks! 👍
Thank you Catherine. It makes so much sense now. I’ll be doing this to many of mine and hubby’s pants.
Many, many thanks for this tutorial, Catherine. I followed your instructions and was able to fix a pair of summer pants that I bought a few years ago but pretty much stayed in my closet because they never fit right… in spite of being a small size and from an “upscale” brand of clothing. Along the way, as I was unpicking the original seam, I realized it was a double-stitch, if you know what I mean. So I made sure I sewed the new one using the same feature on my machine. I feel so proud!
As a way of thanking you, I make sure I watch your videos at least one time without skipping any of the ads - hopefully you get a little retribution from them. You more than deserve it!
Here I've lived with too big gaping waists for years. Thanks for the tips, and both on jeans and more tailored pants. The difference in menswear vs dressmaking is huge. Guess they expect men to gain and lose weight?
Glad it was helpful! Menswear is just designed to last longer. I heard once that women's shoes are made to last 3 months and men's shoes are made to last 3 years. The same is true for clothing, I think! And in that time, I guess men will gain and lose some weight!
Great technique, thanks for the tutorial
I love this! Just did this to 2 pairs of jeans and they are so much more comfy! Thank you!
This is a great way to do it! Great dynamic between the two of you. Thanks for sharing!
Haha, ya, Michelle and I always have a good time. She's like my friend/niece/daughter.
I had to put in elastic in all my kids pants 40 years....I would stitch the one line, then cut elastic and tuck the end into the waistband and stitch again, no elastic shows ♥️wish they made women's pants like the mens trousers waist, so easy to adjust, smaller or larger, fashion industry knows women will just buy more....
I did the same for my boys when they were little! I used buttonhole elastic so they would be adjustable, but I don't think we ever adjusted them so I should've used your method!
Nice fitting jeans and dress pants.
That looks so much better than the way I’ve been doing it! I tend to just “dart it up” in the back.
Ya, that's what I call the cheater's way, lol. It works, and it's much quicker, but it doesn't sit as flat as this method. There's definitely a time and place for both methods.
Woo hoo! I found what I was looking for! The problem of encountering the nice label, sewn through which you wanted to keep was sooo useful as you were able to show us how to get around the problem. Brilliant
Oh, that's great to hear! Thanks, Bernadette!
Wow! You are the best teacher. I’m going to try this method.
Bring Michelle back😊😊. What fun. And what a great easy way to tighten the jeans waistband - and it allows some weight gain too! My big thing is that I'm not confident in my weight loss, so to re-build the waistband only to have the pants not fit a month later and too risky. The elastic method solves that problem.
This is a great video, just Love the banter between you both.
Haha, ya, she and I have a lot if laughs. You should see the blooper roll! Thanks for finding my channel. It's great to have you on board!
Thanks sooo much for sharing your knowledge!❤️❤️❤️
Great timeless vid. Good tips 💗
your amazing, thank you for your training videos.
Nice tutorial, I'm inspired to try this on my loose shorts
Yes! Give it a try. Thanks for watching and commenting.
A big thank you for all your advice and helpful videos. ❤
Wow, thank you so much for the super thanks!! Much appreciated!
Alteration is always least favorite for my whole sewing life because of unpicking lol But I do from time to time 😊
It's so worth the fuss to make your store-bought clothes fit well! Do you make a lot of your own clothes? You probably make them fit perfectly the first time so no alteration is needed.
It's very interesting to hear you comment on the construction quality of menswear versus womenswear! As an experienced menswear tailor I know complex garments like suit jackets and trousers in-and-out, but whenever I am asked to alter womenswear, I am always (negatively) astounded by the limited construction methods. Like they are almost impossible to tailor naturally, without having to permanently alter some construction. Anyway - good video and it was valuable to see the grey dress pant being altered!
Just came by to say hi to Michelle!
Isn't it great to see her!?
Hola chow
I just came by to say hi to Chow!
(JK, I love Catherine too! And it's good to see Michelle again!)
Just found you and love your videos. How would you take in a flat felled back seam? Unpick the whole thing and make it a regular seam? Yes, menswear is so much nicer to alter!
Hi Gail, so glad to have you on board! And, you got it, the only good way to take in a flat felled seam is to unpick the whole seam.
Ahhh found it!
Yay! I hope it helped!
You two are so cute and happy. I'm a bit confused why there was need to pin in the back of the jeans when you didn't make a dart but instead used elastic.
Oh, I just watched again to check, and it wasn't the jeans I pinned. It was the black dress pants. Thanks for asking!
I have a pants question. I have stretchy skinny jeans that are too bog in the hip & thigh. The outside seam looks like a flat felled seam but is really serged & then topstitched with 2 rows of orangey stitches. Would you take in the inside seam or rip out a lot of the double row of jean topstiching & take the jeans in from the outside seam?
Use a bodkin to pull the elastic easily through the waistband. Joanne's sells them..
Too funny--I just got one! The kind with that the elastic clips into. I haven't tried it yet, but will do soon.
i am also a graduated accounting major who need to take in my dress pants waist haha
how do you close the seam if you don't have a sewing machine?
QUESTION: is there a minimum length of elastic that you should use? I'm frugal (cheep, cheep) so i wondered if I could use 4" of elastic and stretch to 6". Also, I really enjoyed you and Michelle.
It depends on how much you want to cinch in the waist, so maybe 4" to 6" would be fine for you. But don't cut it that short until you've got it through and secured. It would be way too hard to work with such a short piece!
@Catherine Sews - Thank you! I need to take in the waist about 2", on multiple pairs of pants, so this is very helpful!!
Thanks! Is there a name for the technique you used on the dress pants? Very helpful
Hmmm, I just call it taking it in on the centre back seam. It works great if there is a seam at the back of the waistband.
Ian just slight confused on the sewing waistband and then doing the whole taper? Is it just edge finishing? I am going to be doing this and taking a ton of length of I would say 4 or so inches on hem and a few inches of waist, because smaller size is just to tight on my hips and pulls the side seam . So went 2 sizes above what I normally would wear paying attention to the pull at side seam but top falls if I don take it in, I may need to take length of from as well eek
That sounds like a big job! I hope you're able to make this work. You might enjoy making pants from scratch so you can fit them to your own measurements. If there is something I can clarify for you, let me know. Check out this video: ruclips.net/video/hEGXpQP95jQ/видео.html
@@CatherineSews thanks, it is and eventually I will learn to fit pants. Would be better than shopping for 4hrs to find the best option to take in, cause all the other pants make me look like I have jodphurs on. And still need adjustment, seriously what is with straight leg pants being tapered?
How do you know the length of
Your fabric?
Sorry, Tracey, I don't understand your question as it relates to this particular video. Can you explain what you mean?