The problem is its size.

These methods are game changers.

Read on or watch the video below to learn how to downsize the waist of jeans.

How to Downsize the Waist of Jeans

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Fold one of the sides, so it will form a triangle.

Mark that end, then trace the diagonal with chalk or anything that can be easily erased.

Also, make a straight vertical line following the side seams of the jeans.

How to Downsize the Waist of Jeans Tutorial

Insert your needle into your thread and tie the ends together into a knot.

see to it to make it long, so you’re gonna wanna use another thread.

Method 1:

Insert the needle into the mark from the fabric.

How to Downsize the Waist of Jeans No-Sewing

After that, to the side seam.

see to it it is straight.

With the needle on the back, insert it just 1/4 inch below still on the side seams line.

After that, insert it across the diagonal.

Keep doing this until you reach the bottom.

Once done, pull the thread gently until it closes.

Make a knot to secure the stitches.

If you oughta downsize it more, do the same on the other side.

Also, instead of making one right triangle (with a 90-degree angle), youll draw two.

The right triangles will be mirroring each other.

double-check to use a color-matching thread.

Method 4:

This no-sewing method is probably the easiest.

How to Downsize the Waist of Jeans