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Message Board > Creative Sewing > Adapting sweatpants for dsiabled person in a wheelchair with MS ( Moderated by Lynnelle)
wendy cullum
Member since 10/24/09 Posts: 1 |
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Date: 2/21/13 11:26 PM wendysew@shaw.ca
Any ideas on how to adapt a pair of man's sweatpants for a person with MS confined to a wheelchair. They need to be opened at the back. |
annemie
 Intermediate ON CANADA Member since 1/18/09 Posts: 75 |
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Date: 2/22/13 7:27 AM I volunteer at a chronic care facility. They simply open the back seam to the crotch and sew pieces of twill tape (about 15") to tie at the waist. It is good to re-enforce the crotch point with a piece of twill tape, it tends to tear in the heavy duty washing machines. |
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