Alter a pair of jeans?

Question

I have a pair of jeans that I want to make low-rise. I want to alter the waist to make them sit lower on my hips. Is there a way to "cut" the top of a zipper and still have it work properly?

Answer 1

I would strongly advice against altering jeans that were not originally tailored to be low-rise. Trust me, i'v been there and cried over the results.

'Cos they were designed to sit on your waist and not ur hips, u'r going to hav to loosen the waist band, drop the zipper and ammend the crotch of the jeans... it almost never works out the way you intended. But u cld go back to the shop where u bought 'em, and ask if they can recommend a good tailor.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Yes, you can just sew over the top of the zipper once you lower the waistband. All that the zipper needs up top is somewhere to stop. (If you don't believe me, look at how the zipper is put in right now; most of the time they just sew the waistband right over the top of the zipper!) Just be really careful stitching there, because if you hit on a zipper tooth you CAN break your needle! I've done it!
Making your jeans low-rise, though, might be more of a project than you realize, because it changes a lot of the proportions. For example, you'll probably need a longer waistband, since it'll be on your hips instead of your waist.

Good luck with your project!

Answer 3

No -- the only thing you can do, really, other than putting in a new, shorter zipper, is remove the one that is in there, lower it to sit where it should, then put several heavy stitches across the bottom to make sure it doesn't unzip past the place you want it to. Then, you can cut the BOTTOM off, making sure you have stitched across it REALLY well so it doesn't separate from the bottom, either. Good luck!

Answer 4

Cut the back of the jeans right down the center seam and put brass eyelets on each side and a long leather boot strap to lace it up just like a boot.
you can sew a triangle piece of spandex or jersey (stretchy) material across the gap just like a boot that zips on the side. It is called a gusset, and it will cover your assets

Answer 5

Tailors can do this, in case you want to pay for it. in case you imagine you may do it your self: Get some fuse-in a position webbing, and invert your jeans. on the inseam and out seam, iron on the webbing. you should iron the seam earlier hand to flatten it out. heavily decrease up the seam so some distance as you want with very sharp shears (pinking if accessible) and then seal the perimeters with a fabric glue said as fray-examine. you'll get those issues at walmart or any craft keep. in case you do it heavily, you should finally end up without fraying.

Answer 6

no