My mom is a very creative person, she sews beautifully. She used to make a lot of our clothes when I was a girl and we had many of the matching mother daughter outfits that were very popular back in the day!
I asked her to teach me how to sew when I was in 6th grade. I wanted to be able to make clothes. (In those days you could make them a LOT cheaper than they cost to buy, unlike now.) By the time I was in high school, I was able to make money by sewing for other people. I made all but 2 of my prom and other dance dresses.
Now that I have been losing weight, I have the machine out because, as Karen puts it , my pants are hanging low. At first I was just nipping in the waistbands. Then I took a little more in at the waist and through the booty area to remove the sag. Last weekend I noticed that the crotch of some of my capris are hanging halfway down to my knees. So I am taking out 
zippers and cutting off waistbands and putting in new elastic waistbands, which brings them up several inches.
zippers and cutting off waistbands and putting in new elastic waistbands, which brings them up several inches.I am just being cheap. I don't want to buy new clothes for the summer when I fully intend to be much slimmer by next year... and I can't tuck in, so no one can see the waistbands anyway! I am sure my mom would tailor the pants the proper way, make them smooth and elegant - don't tell her...Okay?
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Clever AND economical. Nothing wrong with that. I dusted off my sewing machine to hem 3 pairs of pants today. The boy grows so much I never know what lenght to buy, so I get them unhemmed and each pair...gets hemmed a little less (a little longer).
Wow--I'm impressed. I just talked to my MIL--a phenomenal seamstress who makes "pin money" by doing alterations (like reworking a bridal gown) about sending her a box of jersey skirts I got from Target to take in. She said that will work for a couple of inches, but not much more.
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