How to sew trousers: a few simple tips

It can be safely said that the fashion changes almost daily. But not everyone can catch up to her trends, because a rare purse will survive. However, you can solve this problem by simply using your hands. This article will tell you about how to sneak pants and turn them into fashionable new panties.

Sewing pants klesh: preparation

First of all, we'll figure out how to sew trousers, the bottom of which is flared (after all, no one wears the same style), and make them classic. To do this, turn the product to the wrong side and spread it out on a flat surface. Next, you need to determine the width of the trousers. This is important, because this is the width and will be the bottom of the trousers. The next step: you need to sew a chalk (or a thin sifting) on the leg on the wrong side of the line, which indicate the place of the seam. It must be done accurately, accurately and accurately. Next on this line the pants are fastened with pins or simply swept. The unnecessary edge of the trousers is cut off about a centimeter from the seam.

Work on the machine

Now about how to sew trousers on a sewing machine. First of all, you need to make a line along the drawn line, while setting the stitch length as desired. Next, you need to drill the seam allowance. You can do this in many ways:

1. Seams can be expanded and wrapped separately, and can be folded and processed together, it depends on the style of the trousers and the thickness of the fabric.
2. As for the overlock, if there is no such device, you can handle it with a conventional sewing machine. And then again there are two simple options, how to do it:

• With the help of a special overlock foot, which is in all new machines;
• With the help of a line "zigzag", while setting the smallest step width.

The last, not less important stage is ironing the finished product. After steaming, the chalk line disappears. Pants are ready!

We make tight trousers

Today, the narrower pants are more fashionable. Of course, you can buy them, but you can do even more cunningly - to create such beauty with your own hands. Now we will talk about how to sew the trousers down and make them narrower. To do everything correctly, you need to perform a few very simple actions, similar to the previous ones:

1. First of all, you need to turn the bottom hem to work with the entire length of the leg.
2. At this stage it is important to determine how many centimeters trousers will be sutured, because this depends on the method of suturing.
3. If you need to cut your pants very little, you can do this only on one side - external or internal, depending on where it is easier to work with the seam (sometimes it is decorative on one side and it's very difficult to simulate it at home).
4. The principle of operation is the same as described above: you need to turn out the product, draw a seam line with soap (on one side), fasten the legs (with pins or a basting), cut off excess fabric, stitch, edge over.
5. To the pants, narrowed downwards to a considerable width, were not distorted, it is necessary to suture on both sides. The principle of action is similar, but lines are marked around both joints, internal and external, and always at equal distance. This is important, because otherwise the pants will look ugly.
6. Bottom hem. You can make a stitch or a manual stitch in the same place. However, today in fashion a few short pants (on the stone), why not make your narrow pants just like that?
7. The last step is ironing the product.

Belt: the first way

It will be very useful information and how to sew trousers at the waist for a couple of centimeters. First and foremost, it is necessary to decide on how much to reduce the product. Then, on the sides, you need to turn the belt so that you make small darts (their size depends on how many cm the product will be reduced). The bottom of the darts will go into the side seams. The next step: we plan darts, we sew them with a machine stitch. As for the belt, it should be cut at the sides, cut off excess fabric, sewed in short cuts and sewed to the product along the old lines.

Belt: the second way

Is it possible to repair trousers if the product needs to be sewn for a couple of sizes? Of course! To do this, you need to whip the belt at the very beginning. They need to be sewn along the lateral seams along the entire length of the pants from the very top to the bottom (symmetrically on both sides). This is done as described above. If you want to significantly reduce the pants at the waist, then you need to sew them on the back of the seam. As for the belt, the excess fabric is cut off from it, and it is sewn on the upper cut of trousers to the old place. The product is ready!

Simple rules

And now that there are certain rules for any repair of trousers:

1. It should be remembered that there are different styles of trousers, not all of them can be remade as you want, and in the end, not all of them will look good.
2. When cutting, you need to use a conventional home remnant, so you do not need to wash the product, because the lines are easily removed by steaming the iron.
3. If it is necessary to make a marking, it is better to do it exclusively with white threads, regardless of the color of the pants. They do not shed, because they are not colored.
4. Do not despair if there is no overlock machine at home, you can use an overlock that is attached to each sewing machine, or simply "zigzag".
5. When folding trousers (especially jeans), remember that the stitch should be laid with the same stitch length as on other decorative seams.
6. In the end, you need to iron the product.