Do you have a perfect pair of jeans that fit you everywhere but in the waistband and every time you sit down or bend over, you are selling major crack? Do you love those jeans? Do you wish that you could wear them more than one wear out of the dryer?
A couple of months ago I found this technique tutorial on Burdastyle.com and it has changed my life. Seriously, this technique is life changing.
First try on your jeans. Pull the side or the back to gauge how much waistband you could lose. Melissa needed to lose 3 inches of waistband, so I took in each side 1 1/2 inches, which will make sense later.
Start with your pair of favorite jeans.
You will be working with the side seam. Don't be scared, jeans construction is easy, promise.
Unpick your belt loop.
Then unpick your waist band. You will need about a 6 inch space of unpicked waist band.
Then unpick your side seam about 12-14 inches.
BTW, by now you should be covered head to toe in little thread pieces that you will find all over your house and your baby for weeks to come.
You're welcome for that.
You will want to take the front of the jean piece, and pin that piece in onto the back jean piece. For Melissa's I took 1 1/2 inches off each side, so I pinned the front piece 1 1/2 inches in from the back.
Pin your front piece to your back piece, tapering down to the original seam.
Now, sew a new seam right on top of your old stitch holes.
Cut off the excess jean.
Zig zag or serge the edge of the seam.
Then you need to take in your waist band, by folding in half and making a new seam that is 1/2 of the width of the width that you took in your actual jeans. I took in the jeans 1 1/2 inches on each side, so I took in the waist band on each side 3/4 inches.
Stitch and trim.
Fold your waist band back over, enclosing your new side seam. Pin your new waistband in place and sew your new seam, using your previous stitches as a guide.
Reattach your belt loop and you are good to go.
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