Altering the rise in a pair of pants

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Sun, 10/25/2009 - 15:54
sheila
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Hi!

I am a new member to your group and am wondering if anyone has a good way to alter the rise in a pair of pants. The rise is too deep on the pants and has to be taken in. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Sheila

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Sun, 11/01/2009 - 14:06
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Nehzat
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Re: Altering the rise in a pair of pants

Hi Sheila

To shorten the rise you can take away from the top bellow the waistband and or lengthen the inseam at the crotch.

You can bring up the inseam at the crotch by about 2 cm, and bring down the waist band as much as possible without interfering with the pockets.

If the waistline is now too large for the waistband you can increase the dart intakes or take in form the side seams or both. If the pants do not have darts you can create them yourself. Make sure to do a fitting before trimming any excess fabric.

Thanks,

Nehzat

 

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