For the past weeks, I’ve decided to Hive off—meaning I decided not to become active here for a while—because I realized how I became attached to sharing stuff. At first, it wasn’t much of a necessity, but when I got attached to that routine, it became detrimental to my health. That’s why I decided to lay low for most of this month and come back when I’m already ready. During those Hive off days, I tried to do things that I usually can’t do during my usual days before, and that includes sewing which is one of the side hobbies that I got interested at one point. Honestly, I’m not excellent at it, but I can sew decently tho, so when I saw a free time in my usually bustling schedule, I took it as an opportunity to put my decent sewing skills to the test.
Since I like thrifting stuff, I tend to accumulate clothes that aren’t in pristine condition, and that’s where my decent sewing skill comes in. I don’t have specific brands that I looked for whenever thrifting, as long as it passed my taste, it goes home with me. Last month, I thrifted a nice-looking pair of flared jeans, and even though I knew it won’t fit my waist, I bought it because I really like its color and style. I assumed that it just needs a little fix with pins, but when I try it again at home, I was shocked at how big it is. Like, there’s no way I can alter it with just pins because the back part would look so rumpled, and it’s nowhere near butt flattering. So, I decided to alter it the hard way, and that involves exercising my decent sewing skills. That's why for this part, I’m going to share the brief process on how I transform my too-big flared jeans into one that fits me.
Let’s go!
First, I did my measurements, and since I didn’t have a tape measure at that moment, I decided to just directly measure the jeans.
I used a watercolor pencil to make visible marks on the parts that I need to sew.
After putting marks, I then clip it so that when I sew it, the sides will align.
When I made sure that both sides were aligned well, I then proceeded to sew along the marks. I just used running stitch because it’s the most decent stitch that I can do for a long time.
The moment I’m done with the right side, I repeat the same process for the left side, and finally, after a few more hours of hand sewing it, I finished both of the sides.
And for the moment of truth, I put it on and ahhhhh it finally fits!
Hand sewing those flared jeans was definitely time consuming because it’s been a long time since I last sew and I think that’s the reason why the first few minutes became slow work for me. Anyway, as soon as I my fingers became used to the movement, my sewing pace improved and the second leg didn’t take much time to finish. Seeing the result of my alteration was satisfying because at first, I was quite doubtful if I can sew it right with the level of sewing skill I have. But I’m really desperate to make my vision for it happen, so I tried and well, it worked! So yeah, I guess that’s enough sharing for today. Thanks for reading up until here, and I hope to see you on my next DIY project.
Byeee >v<!
All of the pictures used are mine, while the first picture was made in Canva.