#38 Back to School Wardrobe: Tight Waistband Re-fashioned to Comfy Cords

REFLECTIONS: Tight pant waistbands cut into the tummy and limit movement. Back to Elementary School Wardrobe needs comfy pants. 

BEFORE: Men’s tan cords with big pleats and tight waistband.  Legs were roomy.

Knit bands on maternity and yoga pants inspired this re-fashion.

STEPS:

• Slowly, carefully use a seam ripper to remove the waistband and belt loops. Discard.
• Remove zipper, close the seam. 
• Open darts.
• Serge waist-edge seams to prevent fraying.
• Cut wide waistband from a t-shirt. Cut across to keep the stretch. Depending on the need to add crotch depth vary the width.
• Fold band and baste edges together. Serge edges together leaving an opening for elastic. Pin and stitch in place onto pants waist.
• Insert wide elastic. Stitch opening closed.
• Ajust hem. Serge and hem on the machine.

AFTER:  Comy Cords with no waistband to cut into the tummy.

I left these men’s pants larger in the leg to layer thermals on cold days.

AFTER: Elastic waistband.
Comfy Cords like sweats. 

AFTER: Knit band cut from t-shirt

AFTER: Knit band cut from t-shirt

BEFORE: Waistband and pleats were tight.
Legs were roomy.