I really like these pants (thanks Aysha!). Having just recently bought the belt I need to keep them up, I noticed that these pants are sorely lacking in belt loops (aside from that one in the centre back, there are only two more in the front). So, I decided to do a little transplant...
...by taking the loops from these pants (which had already been partly recycled into a girl's dress and my patchwork ball).
First, I unpicked the belt loops from the old pair of pants.
Then, in my new pair of pants, I unpicked a little bit of the waistband where I want to transplant the belt loop (I just unpicked a few stitches just beside where my finger is). And I inserted the transplanted belt loop.
I secured the bottom of the belt loop by re-stitching the two rows of stitching that I had unpicked. Then I folded the belt loop in place and I secured the top of the belt loop using two or three rows of straight stitching on top of each other, followed by a tight zigzag stitch (I actually used a button hole stitch).
I just repeated that with the other belt loop and that was it! So simple, yet it makes such a difference!
...by taking the loops from these pants (which had already been partly recycled into a girl's dress and my patchwork ball).
First, I unpicked the belt loops from the old pair of pants.
Then, in my new pair of pants, I unpicked a little bit of the waistband where I want to transplant the belt loop (I just unpicked a few stitches just beside where my finger is). And I inserted the transplanted belt loop.
I secured the bottom of the belt loop by re-stitching the two rows of stitching that I had unpicked. Then I folded the belt loop in place and I secured the top of the belt loop using two or three rows of straight stitching on top of each other, followed by a tight zigzag stitch (I actually used a button hole stitch).
I just repeated that with the other belt loop and that was it! So simple, yet it makes such a difference!
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