Taking in Jeans

My tip for "taking in size 12 jeans" is buying a size 10🙂

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Sheli

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Thanks to Dr Atkins I need to take in the waist on even the new pair of sz
12 jeans I just bought 🙂

Anyone have good tips for doing this? I need to take them in ALOT but only
in the waist. I can't wear a belt anymore- they are too bunched up looking
and it looks bulky and is not comfy.

I can't afford to be buying new clothes every 2 weeks! And I don't have

time

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with the kids to go to thrift shops. I got a pair on 12s on clearance at

Old

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Navy for $10 - i want to get some mileage outta them!

Thanks - JoAnna
176/157/120
started LC 7/04

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My tip for "taking in size 12 jeans" is buying a size 10🙂

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Sheli

well - i have a small waist as it is and a bigger booty! so a 10 won't fit
the old caboose yet. And did ya read the bit about the $$

The easiest way is just to make a couple of darts in the back, about midway
between the center and the sides. You will have some bulk particularly
where the waistband is unless you take it off which is a lot of work. But
you can put a belt on it to cover it up, you may have a conflict with the
belt loops and might have to remove them.

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Drop 41 <[email hidden]> stated
| Thanks to Dr Atkins I need to take in the waist on even the new pair
| of sz 12 jeans I just bought 🙂
|
| Anyone have good tips for doing this? I need to take them in ALOT but
| only in the waist. I can't wear a belt anymore- they are too bunched
| up looking and it looks bulky and is not comfy.
|
| I can't afford to be buying new clothes every 2 weeks! And I don't
| have time with the kids to go to thrift shops. I got a pair on 12s on
| clearance at Old Navy for $10 - i want to get some mileage outta them!
|
| Thanks - JoAnna
| 176/157/120
| started LC 7/04

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My tip for "taking in size 12 jeans" is buying a size 10🙂

--
Sheli

well - i have a small waist as it is and a bigger booty! so a 10 won't fit
the old caboose yet. And did ya read the bit about the $$

It's not your body. Old Navy jeans suck. The waistband almost always pokes
out in the back. Last time I tried on Old Navy jeans I actually complained
to the fitting room attendant about it and she said "Oh, they do that to
everybody. That's why you need a belt." And I'm like, huh? Does their
fit model have a hump or something? Anyway, I don't know how to fix them.
When you do get to a stable size, I've found that the best fitting jeans
come from the Gap, which ironically is owned by the same company as Old
Navy. They have a lot of different fits, my favorites are the bootcut.
They're way too expensive, so I just look for them in thrift stores.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

"Drop 41" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:A7OWc.33714

Quoted message said:

Thanks to Dr Atkins I need to take in the waist on even the new pair of sz
12 jeans I just bought 🙂

Anyone have good tips for doing this? I need to take them in ALOT but only
in the waist. I can't wear a belt anymore- they are too bunched up looking
and it looks bulky and is not comfy.

Sure, I do this all the time with my pants (although you can really only
take in so much before it becomes a lost cause and you have to get a smaller
size).

You will probably want to first mark how much you need to take them in. Try
on the pants, and in the back, pull the excess where the top of the
waistband meets your lower back. Then, with the pant seam pulled out, make
the sides of the fabric touch each other. You can mark each side with a
safety pin, or with some chalk.

Then turn the pants inside out... put those marks together, and sew a new
seam. Taper your stitch so that the new seam heads toward the old seam and
meets up before the lower butt area where you may need more room. It will
look like a triangle. I hope this make sense, it's very easy to do but
strange writing the instructions. From the outside of the pants (what
everybody else sees) they will basically look normal. You will end up with
the extra fabric folded kind of lumpy inside the pants in the back (the more
you take in the waist, the larger the lump) but this is hidden from the view
of others. It doesn't sound to me like you will be taking them in by all
that much since the pants fit the rest of you.

Good luck!

--
Spring
LC since 1/1/04
260/208/170
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sprgsnow/album?.tok=phX4sVBBuvxvs4Hs&.dir=/55b8&.src=ph
Size: 24W / 14 / 10

Hi,

Sprgtime said:

"Drop 41" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Thanks to Dr Atkins I need to take in the waist on even the new
pair of sz 12 jeans I just bought 🙂

Anyone have good tips for doing this? I need to take them in ALOT
but only in the waist.

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Sure, I do this all the time with my pants (although you can really
only take in so much before it becomes a lost cause and you have to
get a
smaller size).

You will probably want to first mark how much you need to take them
in. Try on the pants, and in the back, pull the excess where the
top of the
waistband meets your lower back. Then, with the pant seam pulled
out, make the sides of the fabric touch each other. You can mark
each side
with a safety pin, or with some chalk.

SNIP

My variation would involve either doing two darts (what Sprgtime
described) - one in the back on either side of the back center seam.
If the waist needs to be brought in quite a bit a single dart may be
too little. Just be sure to space them evenly so it looks like the
manufacturer meant them to look like that. :-)

Take care,
Carmen

"Drop 41" <[email hidden]> wrote ...

Quoted message said:

Thanks to Dr Atkins I need to take in the waist on even the new pair of sz
12 jeans I just bought 🙂

Anyone have good tips for doing this? I need to take them in ALOT but only
in the waist. I can't wear a belt anymore- they are too bunched up looking
and it looks bulky and is not comfy.

[...]

Lucky you!
If you need to take the waist in - say 2" total - it is best to take 4 darts
using up 1/2" each than just 2 darts using up 1" each. I don't know where
you live, but often, little alteration shops will do this kind of work for
very low cost. With the great deal you got on these jeans, you could afford
a teensy investment! Best wishes....

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"Drop 41" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:A7OWc.33714

Quoted message said:

Thanks to Dr Atkins I need to take in the waist on even the new pair of sz
12 jeans I just bought 🙂

Anyone have good tips for doing this? I need to take them in ALOT but only
in the waist. I can't wear a belt anymore- they are too bunched up looking
and it looks bulky and is not comfy.

Sure, I do this all the time with my pants (although you can really only
take in so much before it becomes a lost cause and you have to get a smaller
size).

What she said, with the caveat of being sure to use a heavy-duty (size 18
usually) needle. Sew VERY slowly (in order to stop and adjust the position
slightly) over the part where the bottom of the waistband meets the top of the
pants because it can be about 5-6 layers thick at that point. Also, watch out
for rivets and make sure any pockets that might be affected are already pinned or
basted firmly in place. When you have the fit you want, sew over the new seam
(at least the waistband portion) again once or twice to make sure it will hold.
Manufacturers use double-stitching AND heavy-duty thread, but the average home-
sewing thread might not hold adequately in areas that are stressed. Be sure to
zigzag over the unfinished edges when you are done because denim WILL fray quite
easily.

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Saffire
205/149/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Congrats!! Yep I'm in that 'in-between phase' too with clothes - not
buying jeans until I'm at goal. Too hard to take in. And I've only
been buying stuff on clearance or at thrift shops.

Make sure you have plenty of extra machine needles around and work when you
are feeling "patient". 🙂

Denim is one of the harder fabrics to sew waistbands, etc. Make sure you
have a large sewing machine needle in and not a fine one for dress weight
fabric.

Becky P.

curious curious@noemailshown said:

Make sure you have plenty of extra machine needles around and work when
you
are feeling "patient". 🙂

Denim is one of the harder fabrics to sew waistbands, etc. Make sure you
have a large sewing machine needle in and not a fine one for dress weight
fabric.

Becky P.

Supposedly, a lot of cigarette smoking is habitual, and it's hard to break
habits. For instance, I wear glassed when I lift weights in the morning.
They typically slip down my face due to sweat, so I'll push them back up.
When I've put in my contacts and gone lifting, I'll still put my hand to
my face to push up my glasses, even though I don't have any glasses on.
That type of habit is hard to face and break.

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Bob in CT
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:14:55 GMT, Bob in CT <[email hidden]>

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curious curious@noemailshown said:

Make sure you have plenty of extra machine needles around and work when
you
are feeling "patient". 🙂

Denim is one of the harder fabrics to sew waistbands, etc. Make sure
you
have a large sewing machine needle in and not a fine one for dress
weight
fabric.

Becky P.

Supposedly, a lot of cigarette smoking is habitual, and it's hard to
break habits. For instance, I wear glassed when I lift weights in the
morning. They typically slip down my face due to sweat, so I'll push
them back up. When I've put in my contacts and gone lifting, I'll still
put my hand to my face to push up my glasses, even though I don't have
any glasses on. That type of habit is hard to face and break.

How did this happen? This is supposed to be in response to Luna's stuff
about smoking.

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Bob in CT
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Make sure you have plenty of extra machine needles around and work when
you
are feeling "patient". 🙂

Denim is one of the harder fabrics to sew waistbands, etc. Make sure
you
have a large sewing machine needle in and not a fine one for dress
weight
fabric.

Becky P.

Supposedly, a lot of cigarette smoking is habitual, and it's hard to
break habits. For instance, I wear glassed when I lift weights in the
morning. They typically slip down my face due to sweat, so I'll push
them back up. When I've put in my contacts and gone lifting, I'll still
put my hand to my face to push up my glasses, even though I don't have
any glasses on. That type of habit is hard to face and break.

How did this happen? This is supposed to be in response to Luna's stuff
about smoking.

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Bob in CT
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phew - i WAS confused!!