Changeable fashion dictates its own rules regarding clothing style - this is a well-known fact. And all women obey her commands only in order to always look attractive. This is precisely the goal of the constant updating of the wardrobe. And almost every fashionista has jeans or trousers in her closet, the style of which is somewhat outdated. Flares from the knee or from the hip have long been replaced by models with straight or narrowed down legs. And, it would seem, a completely new thing quickly from the favorites of the wardrobe instantly goes into the background. However, a change in fashion does not mean that obsolete trousers should be thrown out. Of course, they can continue to be worn, but to keep up with the times, they can give them a new life. How to do it? How to sew flared pants and make fashionable "pipes" out of them?
It also happens that the fabric stretches during socks, or after the next diet manages to lose a few pounds, and now your favorite thing is not so perfectly sits on the figure. How to sew pants in this case? It is about how to give a second life to your favorite pants, and we will discuss further.
How to alter flared pants
To give new life to your beloved jeans, the style of which has long sunk into oblivion, you should turn the trousers inside out and from the waist to the bottom draw a line along which the new line will go. The same should be done on the step seam of the trousers. To do this, you can use a long ruler or take other jeans of a fashionable style and simply circle them along the contour. Next, you need to sketch new seams and try on trousers to make sure that they will be good in size. After that, all excess tissue is cut off, and the edges are scraped. It should be noted that usually the length of flared jeans is longer than that of straight trousers, and therefore they will need to be hemmed again.
How to reduce pants at the waist
Quite often it happens that owners of a thin waist and wide hips are faced with the problem of selecting trousers. Often with such features of the figure, the thing in the hips sits perfectly, but on the sides and on the back it is large. How to solve this problem and how to sew pants in a belt? There are several ways that experienced craftsmen use in expensive ateliers.
1 way: along the side seam
Many believe that this option is only suitable for those models on which there are no side pockets at the seams of the product or any decorative rivets. However, this is not at all true. First, we will figure out how to suture classic-cut pants from a simple fabric without additional elements.
To begin with, you should slightly unfasten the belt at a distance of about 10 cm from the side seam to one and the other side. After putting on the pants inside out and measure the amount of excess fabric that should be removed, and at what angle to make a bevel seam. It is best to use either tailor's needles or a basting for this. It should be noted that when laying a new line, the transition from an existing side seam should be as smooth as possible so that no corners and irregularities appear on the fabric on the front side. Then, using a special device or simple manicure scissors, you should open the old line and smooth this area with an iron. After adjusting the trouser belt to size, cut off the excess fabric, sweep it in place and stitch it on a sewing machine.
How to suture pants if there are a lot of decorative elements on the front and back panels? In this case, you need to measure how many extra centimeters you need to remove in the belt. You can open the side seam and displace one of the panels, covering all centimeters in a section of trousers that is free from decorative elements. It should only be understood that in this case, the side seam will shift either forward or backward, depending on which side has more decorations.
2 way: additional tucks
This option is suitable for those whose pants are very puffy in the belt on the back. Often, minor suturing of the product only on the sides does not solve this problem. In this case, a few extra tucks on the back panel of the trousers will help. In order to make them, you should tear the belt along the entire back and cut it along the middle seam. After trying on the product, putting the pants inside out and, using tailor's pins, sew symmetrical tucks on both sides of the middle seam. Thus, up to 6 cm can be removed in the belt. After that, it remains to adjust the upper bar to a new size and sew it in place. Even an inexperienced seamstress will cope with such work, since suturing trousers in this way is easiest. Here you do not have to tear open vertical factory seams and re-make decorative lines.
3 way: on the back seam
Many craftsmen reduce the trousers in the belt only along the back seam. This allows you to save all the decorative elements on the sides of the product. How to suture women's pants in the back seam? Firstly, it is necessary to completely unfasten the belt in the back area and dissolve the back stitch to about the middle. Next, put on and fasten the trousers, and then make a new seam. After laying a new line on the sewing machine and adjust the belt.