Maternity Pants DIY - Yes.. I do Sew.. as stated by my title.



I'm preggo again. Baby #2 due October 23rd, 2013. This time, we are far more broke than the last time. Luckily I'm a Thrifter so I didn't really spend that much the last time. This time however, I just can't find clothes I like.. or that I'm willing to buy for the short amount of time I'm going to wear it.

 

Why didn't I keep all the other stuff, you ask? Well.. I kept some of it. The rest I donated to a pal who was preggo with her first. I should have at least kept the bassinet. Baby #2 will probably sleep in a drawer.

 

Anyway, this time I decided to attempt to make some of my clothes. I even had the wild idea to make a tutorial. So here it is.. Altering pants to become Maternity Pants!

 

First, I selected a pair of cotton slacks that fit fine but were a bit baggy in the butt. I also dug out a maternity band I removed from a pair of pants I altered for my SIL. Luckily the waist band and the elastic band were already of similar widths.

 

I then put those pants on and made sure the zipper could still close over my hips and below my itty bitty (at the time) bump.

 

Then I carefully cut out the zipper, sewed the zipper flap shut and removed the waist band above the top of the fly and to each side seam. I then cut the elastic to fit, leaving a 1/4 inch on each side for a seam.

 

 

I then pinned and sewed the the elastic to just the bottom of the waist band 'Right Sides Together' using a zig zag stitch.

 

 

 Then I turned the pants Inside Out. I then put the ends of the elastic 'Right Sides Together' with the side seam of the back side, original waist band and sewed them together with a zig zag stitch.

 

 

 

Voila! A nicely fitting pair of Maternity Pants! Just like the First Trimester style you buy in the store!

 



Pardon the Toddler Fingerprints all over my sewing room mirror. Little Lukealicious likes to sing and dance and kiss himself in the mirror while Mama Sews.

 

How did I do?