Inserting Elastic Into The Waistband Of Kids Jeans

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You Will Need (2 things)

Steps (10 steps, 30 minutes)

1. 1

   Cut a little slot on each side of the jeans, on the inside, just in from the side seams. Make sure you cut to one side of any belt loop and only cut through one layer of fabric.

2. 2

   Take a length of elastic just a little bit shorter than the jeans are wide.

3. 3

   Pop a safety pin on one end of the elastic. Then start poking the elastic through one of the holes you have cut.

4. 4

   Once you are about half way along, stop and secure the end, just use another safety pin to stop it disappearing (yes, I've done that and you just have to pull it right out and start again!)

5. 5

   Keep going, threading the elastic through until it comes out the other end.

6. 6

   Now you want the elastic flat and on the inside, but you don't want to loose the end. Remove the safety pin and carefully push the end back inside the hole.

7. 7

   Use the safety pin again to secure it.
   Then do the same at the other end.

8. 8

   Now you just need to fire up the sewing machine. I stitch either side of the hole back and forth a few times, then do a few lines of zig zag to close up the gap.

9. 9

   It looks like this on the outside.

10. 10

    That's it, finished!