Flat Front/Elastic Back Pants Sewalong -in downlds

[mommy2maya]

This is my adaptation of flat front/elastic back flares for Maya. My pattern has a curved front waist piece, and the back is all in one. Please ignore my well loved cutting mat, lol


First, sew/serge the two back pieces together. Cut elastic to fit- I normally do about 3/4 of half of the waist- so, for Maya, who has a 21" waist, I use between 8-9" of elastic. Serge the elastic to the back waist.


Tack the elastic to both ends



Sew on the front waistband, and topstitch


Put pants together, right sides facing, so that the back elastic sticks up about the top of the front waistband.


Fold the elastic over the front waistband, like you are closing an envelope



Serge from the bottom of the leg, up to the top,

This is how it will look after you serge:




Flip elastic


Turn pants right side out & topstitch elastic, I normally do three-four rows of elastic.

[IndigoKiwi]

OMGosh, Mary! That is genius! Some much nicer than the way I've been doing it! I might actually have a nicer looking pair of flat front pants now going forward! Thank you so much for posting that!

[nutmeg]

Wonderful, thank you! I'll put it in the sewalongs when I get a spare minute

[Cracked_Baubble]

Excellent!

[Sars]

I know this post is old but I just had to say 'Thank-you!!' Such a great tute

[Bobolots]

thanks for this tutorial - I didn't know this existed until someone pointed me in this direction... I love this method.

[DaffyV]

boy howdy was I ever doing that the hard way. Thank you for your tute. Maybe now pants wont be such a bother.

[mommy2maya]

bumping up!

[nutmeg]

Fabulous, thank you!!!

[cschoolgirl]

Thank you. I'm attempting some this week and this will make it much easier.

[northernmama]

thank you!!

[hershyyyy]

That is lovely! Thanks!

[bea3]

thank you so much!

[ShivayaMama]

I had no idea that this existed as well. How fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing

[mariabestard]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
I've got to try it right now.