Speaking of sewing.... 🪡🧵 I need a bit of help.... [View all]

Ok, I got these pants i picked out ftom an on line shop, and my sis ordered for me. Tops, too. A touch big (tops) but that's ok. Size down would be tight.

So both have elastic, and they're a bit tight. A ?1 1/2 - 2 inches more would do it. Next up would be too big!
One has a full heavy drawstring. So I can cut the elastic on that.

The other are jeans, w only elastic. I'm decent enough w some hand sewing, and I have a pair of older jeans with some strong areas. 🤔 The elastic on those is still ok.
I was going to toss those out soon anyway.
So.... what if I cut the new elastic and added some of the older elastic to widen it out?
Seems like a pretty good solution.
Tia! 🙂

(I grew up with my former dress maker mom, and a Master sewist!)