Altering pants

While working at a menswear shop in the Atlanta area in the 1980s, I learned many techniques for altering ready-to-wear garments, including one for removing excess fabric from the back trouser legs. I continue to use this knowledge today when altering ladies’ clothing. If poorly fitting pants are an issue with your ready-to-wear or me-made clothing, consider this way to get your pants to fit at the back leg and below the seat.

How to alter pants that are too big

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Welcome to today’s thrift flip tutorial on how to alter pants that are too big. Here's how to resize pants that are too large.

Q: Many of the ready-to-wear pants in my closet fit poorly. They have too much fullness in back. If I take them in at the side seams to reduce the…

The Clothes Alteration does save you money but it also gives you more clothing options! Knowing how to alter clothes is important for every sewer.

Take in or let out the waist at the center-back seam using steps detailed by alterations expert Pamela Howard.

Finding pants that fit your body can sometimes be a challenge. It's unlikely that store-bought pants will fit you perfectly, even if they are your size. Fortunately, it's easy to adjust the waist, take in the pant legs, or hem the pants to...

In this video you will learn to take in jeans waist and resize jeans waist. You may need to alter the jeans waist if its too loose or too tight. So in case if the jeans waist is too big then you can learn how to make jeans waist smaller with sewing and without sewing. Hey, I came with super easy and exciting hacks for downsizing the waist of the jeans. You already have seen our many videos about how to fix holes in jeans, pants, shirts. #jeans #resizewaist #alteration

I posted a while back about taking in pants at the waist. And I had no idea how bad of an epidemic droopy drawers were until over 21,000 people read my post and pinned, and repinned, and repinned a…

How to Shorten Your Front Rise - Designer Stitch

So, as you already know, I am self taught…so I honestly just try things and hope for the best :) I won these awesome Abercrombie & Fitch corduroy pants on eBay recently…have I menti…

1. Lay pants with desired leg width on top of your old, but well fitting in the waist pair (after undoing hem). 2. Mark seam line wit...

Hello blog readers, this is a post that I debated about writing. While I'm not an overall positive person, I do tend to be positive about my hobbies. And to say something is hard often discourages others not to try it/increases their own doubts about trying it. But I've decided this is an area where I just need to vent and maybe you'll just shake your head in agreement. Ok here goes.... Pants fitting is hard! So now let me give you some back story. I haven't had a proper fitting pair of…

A Saturday greetings to you my lovelies and I hope you are well and happy today. I write this post as a further extension of my 2 very detailed posts on Fitting Pants that can be found here. 1. How to Lengthen Your Back Rise 2. How to Shorten Your Front Rise Today we released [...]

When it comes to tailoring your wardrobe, mastering how to take in pants can be a game-changer. From ill-fitting jeans to wide-legged trousers, our guide offers practical advice for achieving that perfect fit. Tailoring not only saves money but also ensures your clothes highlight your personal style. Dive into our tutorials, and you'll learn the art of altering various types of pants with confidence. Creating a custom fit is simpler than you might think. Our step-by-step guide empowers you…

Learn the simple techniques to make the top 5 most common pant alterations.

Have you ever had a pair of jeans that fit perfectly in the waist and hips but you just didn't like the width of the leg? Maybe they flare at the bottom or maybe they are straight leg and you want them to be tight at the bottom. In a few simple steps you can

An innovative technique for pattern alteration that's simple to understand and easy to do, offering options other techniques don't.

Pants patterns usually lack a lining, but it’s easy to add one