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 finally finished the quilt for my daughter. I couldn’t take pictures of the entire thing (her room is a disaster zone), but here’s some of the patchwork and the embroidered square I made because I ended up being one short. I did learn that I’m going to need to find a better way to lay out any future quilts that are twin sized or larger, because I had to keep shifting it around the slightly too small area of our basement carpet and the backing ended up getting doubled up in multiple places. By the time I discovered it, I couldn’t bring myself to unpick that much of the quilting, so it’ll have to stay. But I think it’s going to be awhile before I do any more quilts. Between this and the patchwork jeans (which I did end up having to shorten some), I’m feeling burned out on big projects for now. I did cut out a basic knit tee, so hopefully that’ll be enough of a palate cleanser to get me over the lack of motivation to sew that I was feeling by the end of this.
