Hello, dear readers of the cutting and sewing website - “Sewing Circle”. Of course, the topic in the title sounds quite vague. What does it mean to “make your jeans smaller”? Smaller in length? Probably not, then it would have been written about how to make jeans shorter. Moreover, for example, while maintaining the factory seam. Should I make my jeans fit smaller around the hips? But then again, as the title suggests, jeans don't sew in. There is no need to cut them. A simple wash in very hot water will easily shrink your jeans down a size. True, then everything will return to normal again. The pants will stretch and fit well on the hips, dangling at the waist, constantly sliding down and requiring tugging. This problem is solved by installing a second button. The decrease in this case occurs along the front half. To maintain balance, it would be nice to make the back half smaller. And without cutting or sewing anything. The proposed method is exactly this
Useful tips
When using life hacks that will help you sew jeans into a waistband, it is important to take into account the rules for high-quality processing of the product:
- Jeans that need to be sewn in at the waist should go through at least one wash, which will help avoid shrinkage after alterations.
- Trying needs to be done several times. This will allow you to more accurately achieve the desired size.
- To sew up your favorite wardrobe item, you can use a template in the form of old, narrower pants.
- You should avoid completely ripping apart the legs, since it is almost impossible to sew the crotch area yourself at home.
- The threads must be strong so that the tapered jeans do not come apart at the most inopportune moment.
- The edges of the cuts must be carefully processed using an overlocker or by hand overcasting.
Manual technique
The essence of the method is to sew on a round elastic thread without using a sewing machine. To do this, the line along which the fabric will be tightened must be divided into equal segments. Please note that each section of stretch material should be basted along the edges to the surface of the fabric. This way the work will be done smoothly and neatly.
It is better to sew a hat elastic by hand on materials with ornaments, patterns or a pronounced texture. This will mask possible unevenness or imperfect stitches.
How to sew jeans into a waistband without a machine
Many housewives know one little secret that allows you to temporarily reduce the size of a product. You can simply wash your jeans to make them one size smaller. In this case, the work can be carried out either manually or using an automatic machine.
The first option, which will narrow the waist area of the product:
- Pour boiling water into a suitable container.
- Place jeans in there.
- Leave for 15 minutes.
- You need to pour cold water into the second container.
- After the hot soaking time has passed, transfer the product to the “cold bath” and leave for about 3 minutes.
- Squeeze and dry.
- Iron using the steam function.
Washing the product by hand will reduce the waistband on jeans even for those who are only a little unfamiliar with the rules of sewing and cutting.
The second option for reducing the size of the product at the waist:
- Place jeans that are too big at the waist into the drum of the washing machine.
- Turn on the highest possible temperature, usually 95 0C.
- Disable rinse mode.
- After spinning, take out the trousers.
- Dry at high temperatures (you can hang the product on a radiator).
- Iron.
