How to widen pants

Trousers are a universal item in men's and women's wardrobes. For the stronger sex, they have become the main item of clothing. But women have long appreciated and enjoy all the advantages and benefits of trousers.

However, this familiar product sometimes unexpectedly fails. They match our figure too closely. And therefore they immediately point out that the owner of the pants forgot about a balanced diet and indulged in excess.

What to do if your trousers become tight? The answer is simple: they need to be expanded.

We have accumulated a lot of experience in such alterations. We will tell you what to do to ensure the required width for your favorite clothes.

Useful information about trouser extensions

Before you begin, you need to determine exactly what exact place in the product requires intervention.

Which part of the trousers can be widened?

Usually you have to do work in several parts of the pants.

• At the waist. In this case, you need to pay attention to the belt.
• In the hips. If you have extra centimeters on your hips, you will have to work on the upper part of the product.
• The legs have become thicker, which means that intervention will be needed not only in the upper part of the trousers, but also in the pants.

Ways to stretch trousers

There are 3 main ways to increase the width of your pants.

• Reducing seam allowances.
• Using inserts.
• Physical stretching material that does not require alteration of the product.

How far can you stretch your pants?

Before starting work, it is necessary to accurately determine how much should you widen your pants?.

Depending on the quality of the fabric from which the trousers are made and the size of the fabric at the allowances you can add up to 2–3 cm to your pants, increasing them by 1–2 sizes.

Reference. The best trousers that can be stretched without alteration are those made from a blend of fabric with the addition of elastic fibers.

To avoid making mistakes in alterations, you can use a comparison of tight trousers with those that fit well. Place the products on top of each other and take measurements.

What you need for work

Definitely needed for remodeling scissors, thread, measuring tape, pins, chalk, sewing machine.

If the alteration requires inserts, you need to prepare suitable material in advancel.

Having dealt with the preliminary information, let's move on to specific ways of doing the work.

How to increase the size of trousers in a belt

If the pants still fit well on the hips, but are difficult to fasten, you need to increase the length of the belt.

Advice. If a slight increase in waist size is needed, sometimes simply rearranging a button helps.

Using knitwear

The problem can be solved by inserting into the belt knitted element with good elasticity. You can also use a wide elastic band.

Operating procedure

• Mark the side seams on the waistband with chalk.
• Undo the belt and cut along the side seams.
• Insert the knitwear, stitch it to the main fabric of the belt, and finish the seams.
• Return the belt to your pants.

Fabric inserts

If the zipper on your trousers is difficult to fasten at the top, you need to inserts that will also cover the top of the pants.

• Cut the insert into a wedge shape.
• Separate the belt from the trousers, cut along the sides.
• Sew wedges in place of the cuts so that the sharp part remains behind the belt.
• Open the side seam a few centimeters.
• Insert the wedge and baste it. After fitting, stitch.
• Attach the belt to the trousers.

Using an expander

For physical stretching of the product You can use a special device - an expander.

• Soak and then wring out the pants.
• Fasten the zipper and button.
• Insert the expander inside the product. Set the device to the width you need. Make sure it stays level, without distortion.
• Let your pants dry. After this, they will acquire the width you need.

How to increase hip width

Adding volume to the pants in the hip area, also you will have to use inserts. In this case, they will be longer than the wedges in the belt. The length of the element is determined in each case individually. It depends on the level at which the feeling of narrowness of clothing arises.

The work is done in the same way.

• We rip off the belt.
• Unmask the side seam.
• We attach inserts and process each line.
• We measure the line of the upper cut, compare it with the belt, find out how much it needs to be lengthened.
• We increase the belt.
• We attach the belt, performing all the necessary processing.

How to widen trousers in general

Let's look at 3 main ways that can help increase the size of the trousers not only at the waist, but also at the same time at the hips and along the length of the entire pant leg.

Due to allowances

A slight increase in size can be achieved if embroider your pants. To do this, you need to carefully open the side seams. And then perform them again at a distance of 0.5 cm from the cut. This is enough for overcasting.

Stripes

If an increase of not a couple of centimeters is required, but more, then we will not reduce the allowances, but sew in new parts.

Stripes are a fashion trend today. And in our case, they will be able to perform, in addition to decorative, an important practical function. With their help, we will be able to make tight pants bigger.

For stripes, you can use either a fabric that is as close as possible to the product, or a contrasting one. It is important that its thickness matches the base material.

Sewing stripes is easy. To do this, you need to perform several steps step by step.

Work algorithm

• Cut the waistband along the side seam.
• Carefully rip the seam along its entire length, including the folds.
• To each resulting edge of the canvas we attach a strip of stripes, which we prepared in advance. It is recommended to baste them first and then attach them.
• We process the seams.
• Remove the basting and smooth out the machine stitching.
• We turn up the trouser leg.
• We repeat the work in the same way on the other side.
• Attach the belt.

Stretching

Another method is often used, which also allows you to make your pants wider.

It does not require alteration, its essence is in physical stretching.

Drying on the body

The product will have to be wet. After spinning put on wet trousers. By stretching the wet fabric, the trousers are fastened. And do not remove until they are dry. In this case, the canvas will stretch to your size.

This method is suitable for those who are hesitant to take up a needle, because you don’t have to sew anything. At the same time, you need to take into account that such stretching, unlike alterations, changes the trousers only temporarily.After each wash, you will have to walk around in wet pants again!

Using an iron

You can also stretch the fabric a little using an iron. Wet trousers are ironed by pointing the iron across the fabric.

Hot steam treatment affects the structure of the fabric, lengthening the fibers. When dry, they retain the dimensions obtained during the ironing process.

Conclusion

Making skinny pants wider is easy. Any of these methods is available for use at home and requires minimal sewing skills.
Thanks to this, you will be able to prolong the use of trousers that have been difficult to pull on.