Method 1. Pull the waistband snug from the back and pin it in place. Put your jeans on and pull the back of the waistband with one hand to adjust it to the right size. Pinch the extra fabric of the waistband with your free hand and secure it with a large safety pin. Pinch just below the safety pin to pull out the excess fabric and secure it with a straight pin.
Continue pinching and pinning down the back seam until there is no more excess to pin and your jeans fit well in the waist and hips. Be careful not to catch your underwear or your skin! Try to pin as far down as you can along the seat of the jeans. The further you go down, the less noticeable the transition from the original thread and your new thread will be.
All rights reserved. This image may not be used by other entities without the express written consent of wikiHow, Inc. Mark the inside of the jeans along the pinned seam and take out the pins. Take the jeans off carefully. Mark along the center of the pinned seam with fabric chalk, making sure that it leaves a line on both sides of the seam. Then, take out the pins. Working from left to right, use a seam ripper to take out the top and bottom row of stitches along the waistband.
Leave the stitching along the top edge of waistband and the seat of the jeans for now. Then, pull at the loose threads to take out all the stitching in between. Remove the belt loop s. Take off any belt loops between your two chalk lines. To do this, carefully clip away the thread attaching the belt loop s to the waistband. If there are any leftover threads from the belt loop after you remove it, leave them in place. Sewing over these when you reattach it later will help disguise the alteration.
Then, sew them back into place after you replace the waistband. Take out the stitching from the top edge of the waistband and from the center of the seat. Carefully cut the stitching on the top edge of the waistband along the same length where you removed the two rows of waistband stitching. Separate the two layers of the waistband. Use a seam ripper to take out the row of stitching on the inside of the jeans from the waistband down to about 1 inch 2.
Remove the corresponding stitching on the outside of the jeans as well to fully separate the seat of the jeans. It may make it easier and more precise to cut the first and last stitch you would like to take out, and then pull at the loose threads to remove all the stitching in between.
Fold the inner layer of the waistband and sew across it with a straight stitch. Fold the waistband across the center back line of the jeans, the midpoint between the two chalk lines. Fold with the right sides the sides facing towards the outside of the jeans facing each other, so the folded edge is facing you.
Sew where the new altered waistband meets from the top to the bottom of the waistband with a single straight stitch. Press the cut ends of the fabric with an iron so they open up on each side of the seam. Repeat the alteration with the outer waistband. Take in the outer waistband, using the inner waistband as a guide.
Fold it in the middle, sew it, then trim and press the edges. Sew the seat of the jeans back together with a single straight stitch. Pin the seat together by turning the right sides the outside of the jeans to face each other. Pin along the chalk lines you made earlier. If you can avoid this, do so. It gets better with every wear and every wash, which is really what blue jeans all about.
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Gear Patrol Studios. I would think you'd need a highly skilled seamstress--not just a dry-cleaner tailor. You could have them taken in a size from the waistband to the crotch point though. My mother has done this for me to several pairs of jeans. She removes the back center beltloop and deconstructs the rear center seam. She puts it all back together right down to the belt loop. How she does it, I don't know. Although, keep in mind this will change the placement of the back pockets.
Thanks, there only slightly too big so I have a plan I think will work. One thing I want to have done to them is to have them tapered from about mid-thigh to the knee. I've heard it's possible, but I'm sure I'll need an actual dressmaker. Has anyone had this done? Which is where tailoring comes in. Proportion is key. Be aware of pockets and zippers; neither will be moved without a fight. You want the jeans to fit comfortably over your largest body part thigh, waist, hip — everything else can be taken in to your liking.
Be honest with yourself.
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