How to attach elastic waistband

Sewing elastic in an elastic waistband, neck or cuffs is an easy way to make garments. Best way how to sew elastic step by step for beginners.

Mimi G on Instagram: "WANT TO LEARN TO SEW? Comment just the word 👉🏽 Learn for a discounted link to get started! • This is my favorite way to attach my waistband elastic when making knit pants. ☺️ if you don’t have a serger you can still use this method by using the zig stitch on your machine for the first step. 🥰"

Catherine Holbrook on Instagram: "The mental gymnastics I have to do to wrap my mind around how this works 🤯🤯 One of the coolest tricks I’ve learned recently! This makes installing elastic into a waistband super easy, because you don’t have to insert it after the waistband is attached. You insert it FIRST, and it’s sewn into the waistband. Then attached. It prevents the elastic from shifting around within the waistband! So flipping cool! . #sewing #sewingtricks #sewingtips #tipsandtricks…

Learn how to make this simple elastic band skirt - the fastest skirt ever!

Hello, viewers! In this video, you will learn how to attach a side elastic to the waistband of a skirt. Attaching a side elastic to the waistband of a skirt is quite easy and I will be walking you through the process via this video tutorial.

At your request, here's the tutorial on how to make the waistband of the pants in the last post . This is not a tutorial for the p...

We recently took delivery of some cotton elastane rib knit at Plush Towers and I’m a little bit in love with it. It’s such a great alternative to elastic and I think it looks much more professional. It can be used for waistbands, cuffs, t-shirt necklines etc. I decided to make another skirt following this … Continue reading "How To Attach A Rib Knit Waist Band"

Back in the seventies when I was working for one of "The London Designers" the lady who ran the sample garments section showed me this method for attaching a waistband with edge stitching on the top. It changed my sewing life as a perfect waistband ended up taking minutes! This tutorial shows the quick…