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.
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Tack the elastic to both ends
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Sew on the front waistband, and topstitch
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/mommy2maya/october12007-1.jpg

Put pants together, right sides facing, so that the back elastic sticks up about the top of the front waistband.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/mommy2maya/october12008-1.jpg

Fold the elastic over the front waistband, like you are closing an envelope
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/mommy2maya/october12009-1.jpg


Serge from the bottom of the leg, up to the top,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/mommy2maya/october12011-1.jpg
This is how it will look after you serge:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/mommy2maya/october12010.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/mommy2maya/october12012-1.jpg

Flip elastic
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/mommy2maya/october12013-1.jpg

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

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/mommy2maya/october12014.jpg
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[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! :yes:

[nutmeg]

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

[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.:D

[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.