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| - | ===== How to attach elastic to the waistband ===== | + | ===== How to attach elastic to a 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 the elastic as desired. To prevent curling inside the tunnel, I usually stitch a few stitches in the ditch at the center front seam. | 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. | ||
| - | When the waist measurements are known accurately, attaching the elastic with the overlocker makes a perfect non roll finish. | + | However, 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. | 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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| - | This is what it looks like when the lastic is attached. | + | This is what it looks like when the elastic is attached. |
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| - | The finished waistban: | + | The finished waistband: |
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