Waistband tutorial

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 stitchi…

This is a tutorial on how to take in an elastic waistband that is sewn into the waist seam! It is more common that you’ll see the waistband not sewn in all the way like this, which will make it a...

The more you sew elastic waistbands, the easier the task becomes. Learning how to sew an elastic waistband isn’t complicated, but it does need to be done a certain way if you want it to come out just right.

When I first blogged about this adorable dress, I mentioned the waist ran wide and suggested a few easy DIY "fixes." Per your requests, here's a step-by-step tutorial for one of my favorite quick tricks to make a garment fit better: by adding a partial elasticized waist. This is a total shortcut method, but it takes 10 minutes, it's comfortable, and it's easy to undo if you gain some weight later!

Alexandria on Instagram: "the trick to perfect waistband topstitching is to attach the inside of the waistband first. And then you can fold the waistband to the right side, tucking in the seam allowance, and topstitch from the right side. This is the reverse way of every set of instructions I’ve ever seen but I can assure you it works! LOL. And you don’t have to worry about “catching” the inside this way. #MeMadeEveryday #SewistsofInstagram #MeMade #helenejeans"

There comes a season in one's life (at any age, really) when waistbands are more comfortable when they're adjustable. Liz Haywood shares how you can make a waistband to be adjustable by the wearer at any time, or you can build in adjustability so it's possible to alter the waistband with waistband with sewing later

I’ve wanted to try out this method of sewing half-elastic waistbands with one continuous piece ever since theosakakoneko shared her amazing results on sew_loli. And boy, I’m never going back. It’s so much easier and cleaner than trying to do the flat section and the elastic section in two pieces,…

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…