How to Take in Children’s Jeans

If your kids are like mine, their pants are always falling down. Belts are a quick solution, but they are a pain to younger children because they have trouble buckling them. My solution? Take in the waistline of the jeans. It is actually very simple.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Sewing machine
• Thread that matches the jeans
• Scissors
• Straight pins

1. Have your child try on the jeans inside out.

2. Pinch off an equal amount of excess fabric on each hip and pin it.

3. Next, have your child take off the jeans, and take them to your sewing machine. Set the machine to a nice, wide zigzag stitch where the stitches are very close together.

4. Remove the pins on one side of the jeans, but hold it so that you don't lose where you need to sew. Sew a couple stitches where the pins used to be, then reverse and sew over those stitches to "lock" the stitches so they won't unravel.

5. Finish sewing a line where the pins were. Once again, reverse to lock the stitches at the end.

6. Snip off the extra fabric and do Steps 4 and 5 to the other side.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure your stitches line up with the side seam already on the jeans for the best look.