How to take in pants: a few simple tips

One can say that fashion is changing almost daily.But to keep up with trends it can not everyone, because it is rare purse stand.However, to solve this problem, you can simply use their hands.In this article you will learn how to take in pants and turn them into new fashion pants.

sutured bell-bottoms: preparation

First look at how to take in pants, which flared bottom (after a similar style pants no one is), and make them a classic.To do this, turn the product to the wrong side and spread out on a flat surface.Next, you must determine the width of the pant leg.This is important, because it is so wide and will bottom trousers.Next step: you need sewing chalk (or thin remnant) to hold on to the wrong side of the pant leg lines that indicate the place of the seam.It must be done carefully, precisely and as accurately as possible.Further along the line trousers fastened bulavochkami or simply baste.Unnecessary edge trousers cut about an inch seam GRT.

work on the machine

now about how to take in pants on the sewing machine.First of all you need to build a line of the drawn line, holding at the same stitch length as desired.Next you need to obverlozhit seam allowance.This can be done in different ways:

  1. Seams can be expanded and obverlozhit each separately, and can be folded together and process, it depends on the style of trousers and thick fabric.
  2. As for the overlock, if any device is not present, you can cope with an ordinary sewing machine.And then again, there are two easy options to do this:
  • with a special overlock foot, which has all the new typewriters;
  • using stitches "zigzag", putting it at the lowest step width.

Last, not least, stage - to iron the finished product.After stripping away the chalk line drawn.Pants are ready!

Make leggings

Today, fashion is more narrow at the bottom of the pants.They, of course, you can buy, but you can do more tricky - to create such beauty with their own hands.Now we will talk about how to take in the bottom of the pants and make them narrowed.To crank out all right, you need to follow some very simple steps, similar to the previous:

  1. The first thing to otporot hem to work with the entire length of the leg.
  2. At this stage, it is important to determine the order on how many centimeters to be sutured pants, because it affects the way suturing.
  3. If you need very little Sause pants, it can be done only on one side - external or internal, depending on where it is easier to work with a seam (sometimes with one hand, it is decorative, and simulate it in the home is very difficult).
  4. principle of operation is the same as described above: it is necessary to turn the product, soap and paint seam line (on one side), staple leg (pins or namitka), cut off the excess fabric, Sew, obverlozhit edge.
  5. to pants, narrowed down to a considerable width, were not distorted, it is necessary to take in both sides.The operating principle similar, but both lines are scheduled around joints, internal and external, and necessarily equidistant.This is important, because otherwise the pants will look ugly.
  6. Filing bottom.You can create a stitch or hand stitch in the same place.Today, however, in some fashion short pants (on the bone), why not make your tight pants just like that?
  7. last stage - proutyuzhivanie products.

Belt: the first way

would be very useful information about how to take in the waist trousers in a couple of centimeters.First of all be sure to determine the order on how much you need to reduce the product.Then, the sides need to otporot times so as to make small tuck (their size depends on how much will be reduced, see article).Bottom darts will go into the side seams.Next step: envisage darts, stitching machine sews them.As for the belt, it should be cut on the sides, cut off the excess fabric, Sew on the short cut and sew the product on the old lines.

Belt: a way to the second

it possible to carry out repairs of trousers, if the product you need to take in a couple of sizes?Of course!To do this, at the beginning otporot belt.They must be sutured along the side seams along the entire length of the legs from the top and to the bottom (symmetrically on both sides).This is done as described above.If you want to significantly reduce the pants at the waist, you need to take in them and back seam.As for the belt, it is cut off from the excess fabric, and it is sewn on the upper edge of trousers to the old place.Article available!

Simple rules

And now that for any repairs trousers there are certain rules:

  1. Keep in mind that there are different styles of trousers, not all of them can alter the way you want, and ultimately not allthey will look good.
  2. When cutting you need to use common household remnant, so will not have to wash the product, because the line is easily removed by stripping iron.
  3. If you want to make a baster, better to do it only with white thread, regardless of the color of his pants.They do not shed, as it is not painted.
  4. No need to despair, if not at home overlock machines, and you can use the foot-overlock, which is attached to each sewing machine, or just run "zigzag".
  5. When hem pants (especially jeans), it should be remembered that the line should be laid with the same stitch length, as well as other decorative seams.
  6. At the end of the product is required to iron.