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Taking in Jeans
Thanks to Dr Atkins I need to take in the waist on even the new pair of sz
12 jeans I just bought Anyone have good tips for doing this? I need to take them in ALOT but only in the waist. I can't wear a belt anymore- they are too bunched up looking and it looks bulky and is not comfy. I can't afford to be buying new clothes every 2 weeks! And I don't have time with the kids to go to thrift shops. I got a pair on 12s on clearance at Old Navy for $10 - i want to get some mileage outta them! Thanks - JoAnna 176/157/120 started LC 7/04 |
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My tip for "taking in size 12 jeans" is buying a size 10
-- Sheli "Drop 41" wrote in message . net... Thanks to Dr Atkins I need to take in the waist on even the new pair of sz 12 jeans I just bought Anyone have good tips for doing this? I need to take them in ALOT but only in the waist. I can't wear a belt anymore- they are too bunched up looking and it looks bulky and is not comfy. I can't afford to be buying new clothes every 2 weeks! And I don't have time with the kids to go to thrift shops. I got a pair on 12s on clearance at Old Navy for $10 - i want to get some mileage outta them! Thanks - JoAnna 176/157/120 started LC 7/04 |
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"guitarprincess" wrote in message . net... My tip for "taking in size 12 jeans" is buying a size 10 -- Sheli well - i have a small waist as it is and a bigger booty! so a 10 won't fit the old caboose yet. And did ya read the bit about the $$ |
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The easiest way is just to make a couple of darts in the back, about midway
between the center and the sides. You will have some bulk particularly where the waistband is unless you take it off which is a lot of work. But you can put a belt on it to cover it up, you may have a conflict with the belt loops and might have to remove them. In . net, Drop 41 stated | Thanks to Dr Atkins I need to take in the waist on even the new pair | of sz 12 jeans I just bought | | Anyone have good tips for doing this? I need to take them in ALOT but | only in the waist. I can't wear a belt anymore- they are too bunched | up looking and it looks bulky and is not comfy. | | I can't afford to be buying new clothes every 2 weeks! And I don't | have time with the kids to go to thrift shops. I got a pair on 12s on | clearance at Old Navy for $10 - i want to get some mileage outta them! | | Thanks - JoAnna | 176/157/120 | started LC 7/04 |
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"Dropped 19" wrote: "guitarprincess" wrote in message . net... My tip for "taking in size 12 jeans" is buying a size 10 -- Sheli well - i have a small waist as it is and a bigger booty! so a 10 won't fit the old caboose yet. And did ya read the bit about the $$ It's not your body. Old Navy jeans suck. The waistband almost always pokes out in the back. Last time I tried on Old Navy jeans I actually complained to the fitting room attendant about it and she said "Oh, they do that to everybody. That's why you need a belt." And I'm like, huh? Does their fit model have a hump or something? Anyway, I don't know how to fix them. When you do get to a stable size, I've found that the best fitting jeans come from the Gap, which ironically is owned by the same company as Old Navy. They have a lot of different fits, my favorites are the bootcut. They're way too expensive, so I just look for them in thrift stores. -- Michelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. |
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In article ,
"Dropped 19" wrote: "guitarprincess" wrote in message . net... My tip for "taking in size 12 jeans" is buying a size 10 -- Sheli well - i have a small waist as it is and a bigger booty! so a 10 won't fit the old caboose yet. And did ya read the bit about the $$ It's not your body. Old Navy jeans suck. The waistband almost always pokes out in the back. Last time I tried on Old Navy jeans I actually complained to the fitting room attendant about it and she said "Oh, they do that to everybody. That's why you need a belt." And I'm like, huh? Does their fit model have a hump or something? Anyway, I don't know how to fix them. When you do get to a stable size, I've found that the best fitting jeans come from the Gap, which ironically is owned by the same company as Old Navy. They have a lot of different fits, my favorites are the bootcut. They're way too expensive, so I just look for them in thrift stores. -- Michelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. |
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"Drop 41" wrote in message news:A7OWc.33714
Thanks to Dr Atkins I need to take in the waist on even the new pair of sz 12 jeans I just bought Anyone have good tips for doing this? I need to take them in ALOT but only in the waist. I can't wear a belt anymore- they are too bunched up looking and it looks bulky and is not comfy. Sure, I do this all the time with my pants (although you can really only take in so much before it becomes a lost cause and you have to get a smaller size). You will probably want to first mark how much you need to take them in. Try on the pants, and in the back, pull the excess where the top of the waistband meets your lower back. Then, with the pant seam pulled out, make the sides of the fabric touch each other. You can mark each side with a safety pin, or with some chalk. Then turn the pants inside out... put those marks together, and sew a new seam. Taper your stitch so that the new seam heads toward the old seam and meets up before the lower butt area where you may need more room. It will look like a triangle. I hope this make sense, it's very easy to do but strange writing the instructions. From the outside of the pants (what everybody else sees) they will basically look normal. You will end up with the extra fabric folded kind of lumpy inside the pants in the back (the more you take in the waist, the larger the lump) but this is hidden from the view of others. It doesn't sound to me like you will be taking them in by all that much since the pants fit the rest of you. Good luck! -- Spring LC since 1/1/04 260/208/170 http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/spr...=/55b8&.src=ph Size: 24W / 14 / 10 |
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"Drop 41" wrote in message news:A7OWc.33714
Thanks to Dr Atkins I need to take in the waist on even the new pair of sz 12 jeans I just bought Anyone have good tips for doing this? I need to take them in ALOT but only in the waist. I can't wear a belt anymore- they are too bunched up looking and it looks bulky and is not comfy. Sure, I do this all the time with my pants (although you can really only take in so much before it becomes a lost cause and you have to get a smaller size). You will probably want to first mark how much you need to take them in. Try on the pants, and in the back, pull the excess where the top of the waistband meets your lower back. Then, with the pant seam pulled out, make the sides of the fabric touch each other. You can mark each side with a safety pin, or with some chalk. Then turn the pants inside out... put those marks together, and sew a new seam. Taper your stitch so that the new seam heads toward the old seam and meets up before the lower butt area where you may need more room. It will look like a triangle. I hope this make sense, it's very easy to do but strange writing the instructions. From the outside of the pants (what everybody else sees) they will basically look normal. You will end up with the extra fabric folded kind of lumpy inside the pants in the back (the more you take in the waist, the larger the lump) but this is hidden from the view of others. It doesn't sound to me like you will be taking them in by all that much since the pants fit the rest of you. Good luck! -- Spring LC since 1/1/04 260/208/170 http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/spr...=/55b8&.src=ph Size: 24W / 14 / 10 |
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Hi,
On 24-Aug-2004, "Sprgtime" wrote: "Drop 41" wrote in message news:A7OWc.33714 Thanks to Dr Atkins I need to take in the waist on even the new pair of sz 12 jeans I just bought Anyone have good tips for doing this? I need to take them in ALOT but only in the waist. Sure, I do this all the time with my pants (although you can really only take in so much before it becomes a lost cause and you have to get a smaller size). You will probably want to first mark how much you need to take them in. Try on the pants, and in the back, pull the excess where the top of the waistband meets your lower back. Then, with the pant seam pulled out, make the sides of the fabric touch each other. You can mark each side with a safety pin, or with some chalk. SNIP My variation would involve either doing two darts (what Sprgtime described) - one in the back on either side of the back center seam. If the waist needs to be brought in quite a bit a single dart may be too little. Just be sure to space them evenly so it looks like the manufacturer meant them to look like that. :-) Take care, Carmen |
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Hi,
On 24-Aug-2004, "Sprgtime" wrote: "Drop 41" wrote in message news:A7OWc.33714 Thanks to Dr Atkins I need to take in the waist on even the new pair of sz 12 jeans I just bought Anyone have good tips for doing this? I need to take them in ALOT but only in the waist. Sure, I do this all the time with my pants (although you can really only take in so much before it becomes a lost cause and you have to get a smaller size). You will probably want to first mark how much you need to take them in. Try on the pants, and in the back, pull the excess where the top of the waistband meets your lower back. Then, with the pant seam pulled out, make the sides of the fabric touch each other. You can mark each side with a safety pin, or with some chalk. SNIP My variation would involve either doing two darts (what Sprgtime described) - one in the back on either side of the back center seam. If the waist needs to be brought in quite a bit a single dart may be too little. Just be sure to space them evenly so it looks like the manufacturer meant them to look like that. :-) Take care, Carmen |
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