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Converting waistband going from fly front to partial elastic
plumfan   Beginner Member since 1/8/13 Posts: 46	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/8/13 11:04 PM I recently started sewing and came across the book Singer Perfect Plus by Kathleen Cheetham. I made a muslin of the fly-front pants with an elastic waist. I am not crazy about the look of a full elastic waistband and I kept the darts rather than leaving them out. The pants fit great and I'm excited that with only a bit of tweaking these could become my first TNT pattern. So, I'd like to put in a partial elastic waistband. The original already has 2 elastic pieces, each one about 4 inches long starting at the side seam and wrapping around to the back. I want to basically make the front the same as the back so I have a flat, non-elasticized bit of waistband at the center front like at the center back. My question is should I use 2 pieces of elastic each going about 1/4 away around the waist equally at the side seams? Or should I use 4 pieces in the same place only each side of the seam will have it's own bit of elastic? Clear as mud? -- Edited on 2/8/13 11:05 PM --
EleanorSews   Advanced MI USA Member since 7/26/07 Posts: 3755 Board Moderator	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/9/13 10:10 AM If you go with 2 pieces of elastic, one per side, there will be less bulk (they will join at the side seam and elastic gets bulky). This sounds like a perfect solution. Some time ago I had a couple pair of pants that had elastic located just at the side seams. It gave a very nice appearance. ------ "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anais Nin "Attitude is the difference between an adventure and an ordeal." unknown
AdaH   Intermediate IA USA Member since 11/21/09 Posts: 2133	Login to reply to this post In reply to plumfan << Like this post Date: 2/10/13 1:36 PM I am with Eleanor, go with the two pieces of elastic. I also hate the bulk of elastic. Congratulation on a good fitting pair of pants. ------ Ada
plumfan   Beginner Member since 1/8/13 Posts: 46	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/12/13 11:36 PM It worked. I still need to hem the pants but everything else is done. I used one piece of elastic at each side. Each end of the elastic ended at a dart and I stitched the middle of the elastic at the side seam. My husband said they looked like pants you buy at the store. :)

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