Of course! Glad you found it helpful. You can do it!

Thank you! I made it with that in mind.

Thanks Patti!

That's excellent! I'm glad it's helped.

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👍my mom started me sewing at 8byears old I have seen for public and high schools, for cheerleaders, band dept, choir dept and for a faculty for MRDD. Been sewing for 56 years. Theres not much I haven't made and not much I dont kniw how to do. I have saved denim and made all kinds of things with it.

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That's awesome! I'm glad you had success.

Thanks very much! I do this often in my shop and sometimes I can get 3" plus out of there. The magic of stretchy fabric and easing!

Thanks for the feedback!

So nice tenkyou

No problem! Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you so much! Glad it was helpful.

Thank you! I'm not so young anymore. I've been tailoring for over 15 years.

@@TailorItYourself You have good genes, obviously! After leaving my first comment, I read your bio on your site. Highly impressive. Very generous for you to share your skills here. Thank you!

Denim is so stretchy now it's usually pretty easy to ease more in. If it's a raw denim less so. But I'm glad that worked for you! Thanks for watching.

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed.

The industrial machines tend to be pretty smooth. It used to have a clutch motor and I swapped it out for a regular electric motor and it's a bit more quiet now.

No problem! Thanks for watching.

Hey Randy, thanks for the feedback! Are there specific "basics" you'd like to see?

@@TailorItYourself anything that might be unknown to brand new people. Like how to properly feed a sewing machine, different type of equipment and tools, sewing patterns and their uses.

Thanks for the recommendations. It's tough to do tutorials for machines as there are so many different kinds and each one is set up differently.

Thank you! Glad I made the cut.

That's awesome! I'm glad it worked out for you. Hope you feel fabulous!

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Thank you for your appreciation, especially for the pdf! I spent so much time on those and I didn't need to so I'm glad it's going to good use.

I have to redo stitching fairly often! The beauty of fabric is that it's very forgiving.

Thank you so much for you kind words! I'm glad you found it helpful and you had success. Well done!

Thank you! It's not without a ton of practice. But you gotta start somewhere!

Wow, that's very nice of you to say! Although I used to want to be a gymnast when I was younger. I picked a good alternative =)

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Practice makes patience =)

Thrifting and altering is excellent! That's how I got started with sewing. I would thrift vintage stuff and then alter them to fit, since I was so picky about the style of clothes in the early 00s. Granted my skills were nightmarish looking back, but where this is a will there's a way!

@@TailorItYourself Where there's a will indeed. When I was as young as you were in the 00's, for me the early 80's, I started teaching myself to sew; once upon a time I made my own Halloween costume (huge black cloak). I got away from such skill building as men (back then) were looked down on if they weren't learning manly skills like hunting and football (never cared for football or hunting). I was always the practical one, eat healthy, make it work, earn and understand money etc. I imagine you as one who gets the practical and the pragmatic of life. Bravo to you and making your way in life. If you do Skill Share or Brilliant online courses please let us all know. I have learning to sew like a pro on my bucket list.

That's great! Glad to help.

Those Featherweights are great! - if you can find one, it’s a treasure!

You're very welcome. Best of luck with your project!

I'm so happy to hear that! Glad I could help and that you made progress! I live by a fortune cookie I once got: begin, the rest is easy.

Thanks very kind, thank you!

Thank you very much!

Welcome 👍

That's very nice of you to help! I hope it all goes smoothly.

Thanks much! Glad you enjoyed.

@@TailorItYourself You are most welcome.

Glad that worked out for you!

That's very kind, thank you for watching!

Happy to help, good luck with your project!

Excellent! I'm glad you had success. Thanks for watching!

Yes, I've tried to do it the quick and dirty way on garments for myself, and I find if you just sew darts through all the layers that the bulky seams push into my waist and after a while becomes uncomfortable.

Ha! I should send you my outtakes.

Thanks Aime!

Ha, I guess where they're supposed to be is subject to the person's preference!

Bravo for giving it a try! Practice makes perfect.

You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

Thank you! And you are welcome.

That's great, I'm happy it was helpful.

You bet! Good luck!

That's great! I'm glad that worked out for you.

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Thanks!

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Thanks Chan! Appreciate the feedback.

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Thanks Raven! I appreciate the feedback.

Thank you very much! I appreciate the kind words.

You're most welcome! Thanks for watching.

Videos are a whole different game! Very time consuming. Thanks for watching!

Whatever works for you!

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You're most welcome! Thanks for the feedback..

Best of luck!

You're most welcome! Thank you for watching and glad you found it helpful.

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Sorry you had trouble! But now you know for the future. Thanks for watching!

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Sometimes the quick and dirty way works just as well. Bravo! 😉

@@TailorItYourself 😉 So true! It was a method that I used for making costumes for school plays. I used zigzag stitching and wide seams in case a performer had to be replaced. 😉 From the audience seats everything looked perfect and so beautiful! Have a great day! Peace and blessings to you and all your followers!

That's great! I'm so happy that worked out for you. Kudos for feeling the fear and doing it anyway!

@@TailorItYourself now I feel I don’t have to worry much about any jeans that may be loose on me cos i can fix it now :) Thank you again for making this helpful tutorial. Looking forward for more such helpful videos :)

Bummer! Well I guess you have the right info going forward. =]

I've got an old Brother DB2 or DB3. For the rest I've got a recommended tools list linked in the description.

You're most welcome! Thanks for watching.

Glad you have someone trusted that gives you good results!

How many inches can you take out? I've lost a ton of weight and all my jeans are useless.

Obrigada!

I do not. Altering a bra depends on the style of bra and how the seams are constructed. A bit too much to try and explain here.

Thank you!

Thank you very much! That's very kind.

Thanks!

You are very welcome!

Awesome! Happy sewing =)

No problem, thanks for watching!

Black is actually easier! Go for it!

Taking in the waist does not effect the rise. But you may feel like they fit different once you take in the waist because they will likely sit up higher on your waist once there altered and don't drop down. It's possible to take in that amount depending on how big the pants are to start and how much stretch is in the fabric. I discuss this in the video. You may have to take in the side seams a bit or add small darts to the bank if you find you can't ease all the fabric in. Good luck!

Learn something new every day! Thanks for watching.

Sure can! But it likely won't be any time soon.

Are you saying you take in the waistband in more at the top than the bottom?

@@TailorItYourself Yes. That is what I do.

That's the way to do it. Angle the seam so it leans more in at the top. There's a limit to how much you can do it smoothly, but that's the way I do it.

What do you mean angle the waist seam? I'm short waisted too and it seems like something I should know too 🥲

@@aximaysosa8885 I take in more at the top of the waist band and slant as I am sewing so that when I get to the part of the band that attaches to the pants the seam is angled. You have taken in more where the small of your back is and instead of sewing straight down you slant so you are taking in less as you get to the top of buttocks. Much easier to show than try to explain.

That's the plan eventually!

I would do the waist, then the tapering. Once you've done those, try them on again with the shoes you'll be wearing and mark your hem. The width of the leg and how they sit up on your waist will effect how long the hems are, so you want to do the waist and tapering first.

many thanks for your prompt and very helpful reply!!!

If the seat and thighs are also large, you can take in the side seams and/or take in the seat seam. That's a video for another time.

It all depends on the size of the jeans to start and how much stretch is in the fabric. You may need to take in the side seams a little to take out some of the excess, or put little darts in the back.

@Tailor It Yourself thank you 😊

This is discussed in the video. It depends on the size of the jeans to start, and how much stretch is in the fabric. If you find you're having trouble putting the waistband back on you can either take in the side seams a bit or put little darts in the back, or both.

It's a brother industrial. I used two regular weight threads threaded through the machine at the same time to blend the colors together to get as close to the ordinal as possible.

It's an old DB2 I bought on consignment from a sewing shop in Milwaukee probably 15 years ago. I don't know much else about it! It's served me well over the years. I would guess it's from the 70s or 80s. Older is better - more metal parts.

All depends on the stretchiness of the fabric and the size of the pants. It's definitely possible. You may need to take in the side seams just a bit to help accommodate the larger amount.