Introduction
This guide will teach you how to downsize the waistband of a pair of jeans without sewing.
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While wearing the jeans, pinch the excess fabric at the center of the backside of the waistband.
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Keeping the excess fabric pinched, place two highlighter marks at the point where you with the waist to touch.
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Once done, remove the jeans and lay them flat with the front side up.
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Locate the points on the seam directly below the two highlighter marks.
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Using the seam ripper or a pair of scissors, break the two seams to loosen the lining along the fabric.
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Starting from where one of the seams is broken, cut up the waistband, stopping just before reaching the top.
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Repeat this process for the other broken seam point.
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Measure and cut out a strip of elastic that is slightly smaller than the distance between the two cuts on the waistband.
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Attach a safety pin onto each end of the elastic strip.
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Using the safety pin, attach one end of the elastic strip to the waistband directly outside of one of the cuts.
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Slip the free end of the elastic strip into the nearest cut.
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Push the elastic strip along the waistband through the other cut using the safety pin as an aid.
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Similar to the process in step 6, attach the elastic strip just outside of the cut using the remaining safety pin.
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To change the size again you can use a looser or tighter elastic band. If a more permanent fix is required, sewing in place of the safety pins is a possible, but more challenging fix. Please note that because of where the cuts are made you will not be able to alter the size drastically the second time you alter them.
