How Wais Denim Jeans Should Be Worn?

This tutorial teaches how to take in the waist of jeans at the waist for a perfect and adjustable fit. To begin, mark the jeans with chalk or fabric marker on the waistband where it starts to gap away from your back on each side. Cut the waistband, remove the label, insert the elastic, fit the jeans, and sew the elastic.

To take in the waist on a pair of jeans, first put them on inside out and pinch the waist until it fits. Secure the excess fabric with straight pins, then carefully take the jeans off and use a sewing machine to sew a straight stitch along the pinned lines.

There are many ways to adjust the waist of jeans, including using shoe laces, adjusting the waist with the help of shoe laces, altering jeans yourself, or taking them to a tailor for the perfect fit. This hack only takes around 10 minutes and is easy to follow.

To take in the waist of jeans, you will need scissors, measure tape, pins, chalk or a sliver of soap, thread ripper, sewing machine, overlocker sewing machine, or a zig-zag stitch. The tutorial also teaches you how to take in the waist of jeans without a sewing machine, even if you don’t know how to sew.

To take in the waist of jeans, pinch the waistband on each side until you get the right fit in the waist. Use a seam ripper to undo a stitch at each end of the waistband, top and bottom, and the top of the center back belt loop, three sides of the back patch.

This method involves applying elastic inside the existing waistband to cinch up the waistband without adding a lot of bulk. Basically, unstitch the back of the waistband and take in the desired amount in the middle, then sew two darts in the back of the waistband.