How to sew bell-bottom pants into straight ones?

What to do if the flared style does not suit your body type at all or creates complete disharmony with other wardrobe details? There is a way out! Flared trousers can be sewn into straight lines with just an hour of free time, basic sewing skills and a sewing machine. Let's consider step by step how to do this yourself, without turning to a studio or professional seamstresses for help.

Important! If a slight reduction in the legs is required, this should not be done only on the sides, since in this case the product will be guaranteed to skew.

What is necessary? Preparing for work

To work, you don’t need much, first of all, the mood and the desire to acquire something updated with your own hands. In addition, you must have minimal experience using a sewing machine. You will also need to prepare:

• a flat surface (a table is ideal);
• iron;
• tailor's pins;
• measuring tape;
• chalk or sharpened soap;
• threads of two colors (white for basting and matching the color of the pants for stitching);
• sewing machine

Stages of suturing

After preparation, we begin the process of sewing the trousers. First you need to decide how much you want to reduce your trouser legs. A small excess of a couple of centimeters is removed along the inner seam, and it is advisable to baste and try on the product before stitching. If it is necessary to make a reduction from the hips or knees, we will follow a different algorithm. Throughout the entire process, some operations will have to be done manually, while others will have to be done by machine. Work algorithm:

• open the hem at the bottom and iron;
• on the wrong side, press the side seams so that they form a single fabric with the product;
• on both sides of the trouser leg from the seams we measure the same number of centimeters (in total equal to the amount of the entire excess);
• using chalk, connect the marks with straight lines until they intersect with the seam;
• we wash it with white threads, try it on;
• if the fitting is satisfactory, cut off the excess material (leaving 1 cm for allowance);
• carefully rip out the old seams, remove the remaining threads;
• After stitching with threads to match the color of the material, iron the stitched trousers.

How to use the machine?

The machine will be needed for stitching the product, and also as an overlocker. But not every home appliance has such a function, so the inner edges can be finished with a zigzag seam or covered with tailor’s tape. The seams are processed together or separately - depending on the thickness of the fabric and the style of the trousers.

Jeans: features of turning flares into straight legs

The process of sewing flared jeans has some differences, especially in cases where it is necessary to perform finishing stitches along the side seams.

1. First you need to rip the bottom of the trousers and side seams, and steam them with an iron.
2. Then, laying the product out on a flat surface and attaching straight trousers of your size, draw a remnant over them.
3. Pin or baste the seams, try them on, stitch with thick threads, and overlay.
4. Iron from the wrong side.
5. Turn it right side out and iron it through gauze moistened with water and a weak solution of vinegar (to prevent shine). Fold the seams over the back half of the legs.
6. Stepping back 2 mm from the edge of the seam, sew the first finishing line; this can be done with threads that match the color of the jeans or with colored threads that match the rest of the trim.
7. The second stitch is laid parallel to the first one, the width of the sewing machine foot. After this, the bottom of the trousers is also sewn off.
8. The jeans are ready!

By the way, When processing the edges of the product, places where a significant thickening forms can be tapped with a hammer, after wetting them and covering them with dense material.

How to sew a man's bell-bottom?

The process of sewing up men's bell-bottom trousers is similar to the algorithm for reducing women's panties. To some extent, it is even simpler, since the expansion in them always comes only from the knee. What is the easiest way to sew them in?

1. Decide on the width of the pants by measuring the circumference of your leg at the ankle, adding 5-7 cm.
2. Put it on inside out and pin up any unnecessary excess on one pant leg.
3. Transfer to another, baste and try on.
4. Sew with a neat stitch, leaving seam allowances.
5. Iron the finished product.