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| - | ===== Waistband and elastic how to ===== | + | ===== How to attach elastic to the waistband ===== |
| - | When I am sewing for my family, I usually prefer to make a buttonhole along the waistline, then create a tunnel and insert the elastic later. That way I can cut a little extra and adjust it as desired. To prevent curling inside the tunnel I usually stitch a few stitches in the ditch at center front. | + | When I am sewing for my family, I usually prefer to make a buttonhole along the waistline, then create a tunnel and insert the elastic later. That way I can cut a little extra and adjust the elastic as desired. To prevent curling inside the tunnel, I usually stitch a few stitches in the ditch at the center front seam. |
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| - | But when the waist measurements are known, this is an easy way to attach the elastic with a serger, turn over and top stitch with the coverstitch machine. | + | |
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| - | I start by sewing the elastic into a ring, using a zigzag or triple zigzag on my sewing machine. Then I quarter mark both the elastic and the edge of the pants and I pin matching the quarter marks. | + | |
| + | When the waist measurements are known accurately, attaching the elastic with the overlocker makes a perfect non roll finish. | ||
| + | I start by sewing the elastic into a ring, using a zigzag or triple zigzag on my sewing machine. Then I quarter mark both the elastic and the edge of the pants and I pin, matching the quarter marks. | ||
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| + | {{:elastic:finished_waistband_elastic_topstitched.jpg?800x600|}} | ||
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