Raise your hand if you have rtw jeans that stretch out in the waistband and sag after a few hours of wear! Stupid stretch denim - it's great for the first couple hours and then just gives up.
I finally got around to fixing mine because I'm tired of constantly hiking them up every time I stand up or have my phone in my back pocket. The jeans fit great and are really comfortable, but the back waistband never seems to hold on tight enough to stay up where it's supposed to be. (It doesn't gap, but this would also solve that problem too.)
I used a strip of non-roll elastic that fits between the waistband stitching (in my case, 1.25 inches wide) and cut it to be a long enough to go from side seam to side seam. The "leather" brand label had to be removed because it was stitched through all the layers, and then I carefully cut a slice inside the waistband on both sides (inside only!) - just past the side seams and side belt loops.
Insert elastic, adjust the fit, and zig zag openings & elastic tails through all the layers. I ended up cutting about an inch and a half off. Just a little stitching evidence can be seen from the outside (second pic) but I never tuck in my shirts anyway.
Now I have a couple more pairs of jeans in the same brand to fix...
#sewingtips #alterations
I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild
I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild
We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild
I keep meaning to cut something new out to sew, and keep not having time. But in the meantime, I thought I’d show something I started several weeks ago. About two years ago, a geography project that was in our curriculum was to create an embroidery design, the unit was on Ukraine and this had to do with traditional embroidered garments. So my oldest made this design, and asked if I’d use it in my own sewing sometime. I had to sit on this one for awhile to plot what to do, but I finally started it. Last year’s ice dyeing had this leftover sweatshirt fleece from some shirts I made when the boys were younger, but it only dyed on the back side. So I’m using reverse embroidery to put his design on the front piece of this sweatshirt, so I can also use that piece of fabric in a way that won’t look like my clothes are inside out. I also have a back yoke piece cut, but I’m only getting to work on this around once a week right now, so I’ll need to either speed this up or drop that ...
I just need to vent. I was hemming some jeans today and one leg was perfect. Did it in one try. The other? It took 4 times of sewing and picking it out! I’m done now but that was such a pain. I hate stretch denim so much. Can anyone else relate?
Almost time to start quilting panels for my jacket pieces. I have one more front section to piece and I need to lengthen the hood pattern (why does everyone always draft hoods too short?) and then I can make "sandwiches."
I took this photo before I stitched a strip of background fabric to each side of the stripes so that the pattern piece of the jacket back is completely covered.
