Edward Berthelot Getty Images. Some denim for you! Levi levi. Parker Distressed Denim Shorts. High Rise Straight Leg Whisper. Boyish revolve. Related Story. Related Stories. Turn the jeans inside out before you do this. Use sharp fabric scissors to cut off the excess. Leave an allowance of about 0. Since denim frays, secure the new seam with a serger if you have one. If you notice bunching around the crotch, don't worry too much.
Method 3. Remove the center belt loop. Carefully use sharp fabric scissors to cut it from the center rear of your jeans. Set it aside and hang on to it.
Draw the mid-mark. Draw a vertical line in the spot where the belt loop used to cover. Make the mark as straight as you can. Use a ruler or other straight edge if you like. Make a note of how much fabric you need to remove. Pinch the fabric together at the back of the waist. Use the chalk or pencil to mark the edges you've gathered on the waistband. At this point, your marks don't have to be straight. Make sure they're visible enough for you to see and long enough to complete the process after you've taken the jeans off.
Take off the jeans and measure the width to be removed. Unbutton or unzip them. Keep them inside-out. This will allow the outside to look professional after you're finished with the alterations. Measure half the width of the area to be removed from the mid-mark. Do the same on the other side.
For example, if you need to remove 2 inches 5. Mark the wedge to be removed. Trace a wedge- triangle- shaped form starting at the top rear of the waistband. Its length should measure about 3 to 4 inches 7.
Connect it to the marks on either side of the mid-mark. Rip out some stitches. This will be the area where the waistband meets the yoke the area just below the waistband. Rip only about 1 to 2 inches 2. This makes the sewing process run more smoothly.
Cut the waistband. Place your scissors at the mid-mark and snip the entire band in half. Rip the center seam. Use your seam ripper for this step.
Carefully remove the center stitches from the waist to the bottom of the wedge. When you reach the bottom of the wedge, tie off the remaining threads to prevent any more unraveling. Pin the new seam.
Hold the ripped areas horizontally. Line up the wedge lines you made with the chalk. Use either safety pins or straight pins. Insert your pins horizontally so that you can easily remove them as you sew. As you pin, make sure the wedge lines and ripped edges continue to match up.
Use the slowest setting on the machine, since you're working with a small area. Move the jeans from the crotch to the yoke. Remove the pins as you reach them. Fasten off the thread when you reach the yoke. Finish your new seam. Use fabric scissors to cut any excess from the edges. Give yourself an allowance of at least 0. If you have a serger, secure the seam with that to prevent the denim from fraying.
If you don't have a serger, use a zigzag stitch on your sewing machine. Look for asymmetry and secure the seam. Turn the seamed area right-side out. Make a note of which pocket is farther away from the center seam.
Turn the jeans inside-out again. Go in the direction of the pocket that's farther away from the center. Pin it in place, if necessary. Iron the seam in this direction. Remove the pin s. Add a second line of stitching. Turn the newly seamed area right-side out again.
The warmer the clothes dryer, the more effective it will be at shrinking your jeans. And if you want your jeans to have a fresh smell, toss a couple dryer sheets inside the drum. It may sound unusual, but many people have shrunk their oversized jeans by boiling them. This involves submerging your jeans in a large bot of water and placing them on the stove to create a roaring boil. Like the other methods previously mentioned, this exposes your jeans to heat, which causes the denim fibers to contract.
If the water gets too hot — or if you leave your jeans submerged for too long — you could shrink them to the point where they are too small. Only boil your jeans for no more than 20 minutes at a time.
If they are still too big, rinse and repeat the process until you achieve the desired size. This may sound unusual, but wearing your jeans while you take a hot shower can make them fit tighter. Just like washing your jeans in hot water makes them shrink, so does wearing them while taking a hot shower. The difference, however, is that wearing your jeans in the shower prevents them from shrinking too much.
Next time you take a hot bath, keep your jeans on. Sit in the tub, completely submerged for about a half hour.
Wear them for the next 10 minutes after exiting the tub so your jeans mold nicely to your figure. Then, ever so carefully not to stretch, remove them and throw them in the dryer on high until completely dry. For those pairs of jeans that are loose in some areas and snug in others, this will work wonders in making the jeans fit you like a glove — a wet glove. It's a funny story to share with your friends for later. You might receive some weird looks though, but who cares?
Look how great you look in your jeans! But if done to your denim deliberately, the cotton fibers will tighten and shrink on your jeans.
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