Altering pants

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Sat, 10/13/2012 - 00:53
mollie
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 I need to learn how to alter pants with side pockets.  The pants need to be taken in at the hips, also how to taper the pants legs.

Thank you!

Mollie

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Thu, 10/25/2012 - 19:49
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Nehzat
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Re: How to alter pants with side pockets and taper them

Dear Mollie,

If the alteration you intend to make, does not decrease the opening of the side pockets too much, you can take in from the side seam as if there are no pockets there. If the side pocket openings decrease too much, you can change the angle of the pocket openings, to be able to pass your hand trough them.

Since women tend to not use their side pockets too often, you can also eliminate the side pockets completely if the pocket opening goes totally into the side seams, but you need to let the pants owner know that the pockets will be eliminated. If you create new pockets then the cost of the alteration should reflect this. 

When tapering the pant legs you will need to take in from the side seams and the inseams. But make sure to take in twice as much from the side seams as you do from the inseams for each leg. You can use the same technique for marking one pant leg and copying your marks over to the other leg using thread, as I show in the Pants Alteration Video Lesson, Side Seam and Waistband.

Happy sewing,

Nehzat

 

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