Another way to take in your pants or to turn them into skinny jeans tutorial

pants: oasap   top: self-made   shoes: steve madden

I have made many different tutorials for taking in pants and making them skinnies...and this is the latest and easiest thus far! If you have a pair of pants that only need to be taken in a size, ie just a smidgen, and or made skinnies then this is the tutorial for you. Perfect for those of you, like me, that love to thrift pants or buy them online before trying them on, hence my story. 

There is the quick way to do it and a not so quick, but professional looking way to do it. 

Supplies:

pants

sewing machine

scissors

pins

thread

marking pen or chalk

Quick way

Instructions:

1. Flip inside out and mark where then need to be taken in by pinching with one hand the fabric on the outside of the pants and marking with the other.

2. Take them off and seam pick the hem open a few inches around the outside seam (pin openings open now) and the few inches before and around the area that you are ending the stitch up by your hips (knees where ever you are ending the stitch) leaving an opening.

3. Sew a basting stitch (unless you feel quite confident, then choose normal length on the straight stitch), and follow the markings. Taper at the end of your stitch so it doesn't leave and awkward seam. Try them on and if you like, use normal length straight stitch over it.

4. Cut the excess material leaving a little more than a quarter inch and serge the ends (you can just run a zig zag stitch over the ends with your sewing machine).

5. Optional - topstitch the new seam.

Not so quick way

Instructions:

1. Un pick the TOPSTITCHES (not the actual stitch that holds the pants together), so you are left with one clean seam. 

2. Flip inside out, put them on and mark where they need to be taken in by pinching with one hand the fabric on the outside of the pants and marking with the other.

 3. Sew a basting stitch (unless you feel quite confident, then choose normal length on the straight stitch), and follow the markings. Taper at the end of your stitch so it doesn't leave and awkward seam. Try them on and if you like, use normal length straight stitch over it.

4. Cut the excess material leaving a little more than a quarter inch and serge the ends (you can just run a zig zag stitch over the ends with your sewing machine).

5. Top stitch the outside near the new seam, then a quarter or so inch next to it to sew the excess fabric/serged piece down.