Lower Front Waistband on Ready-to-Wear Jeans

This week on Fit Tip Tuesday, I'm going to share how to lower the front waistline on your ready-to-wear jeans. We'll tackle how to take off the waistband, shorten the zipper, trim off the excess fabric and how to sew it all back together. This method can be used to lower the rise on any pants or jeans with a separate waistband and a front fly zipper.

00:00 Introduction
01:19 Easy way to take out chain stitching, waistband and beltloops
06:15 Mark how much you are going to cut off
08:04 How to Shorten the Front Fly Zipper
10:57 Cut off the excess fabric under front waistband
12:56 How to put the waistband back on
24:10 How to sew a belt loop back on

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