True, sometimes we wear this favorite thing to such a state when it seems that we can no longer wear it, but it’s a pity to throw it away. The ability to cut and sew will help extend the life of jeans in this situation. Only now the thing will be remade for the baby.
Excessively frayed and frayed areas on the panels of denim trousers can be worked around in the cut without compromising the appearance of the product. But the child runs around in new clothes for some time (until he grows up), and the family budget will be saved, just for new jeans for dad or mom.
In general, from the jeans of an adult man with a clothing size of at least 50, it is quite possible to cut out fairly loose trousers for a 1.5-2 year old child.
The cut details of children's jeans will differ little from those of adults:
- Front halves of trousers;
- The back halves of the trousers (one-piece according to the model with a belt);
- Undercut flank (one-piece with top side pocket lining);
- Upper lining of the side pocket (made of finishing fabric);
- Belt at the front of the trousers;
- Knee pads;
- Edging for decorating knee pads (made of finishing fabric);
- Adjustment strip for decorating knee pads (made of finishing fabric).
All parts, except No. 5 and No. 8, are cut out in pairs in a mirror image.
The pattern for children's trousers can be downloaded from the Internet or copied using a trusted magazine on sewing for kids.
The edging for decorating knee pads is a strip 2.5 cm wide and slightly longer than the width of the knee pad itself. Each edging blank must be ironed along its length, and then stitched to the upper edge of the knee pad with a 1 cm seam.
After this, the seam allowance for attaching the edging must be ironed towards the underside of the knee pad. The result will be a neat edge and a narrow edge.
Then the stitching strip for decorating the knee pads must be ironed along one long edge 1 cm towards the wrong side.
The ironed strip should be cut into 2 equal parts (widthwise). Each part must be stitched along the bottom of the knee pad with a corner, as shown in the photo.
The knee pads prepared in this way must be stitched onto the front halves of the jeans.
The lower edge of each knee pad should be folded in the same way as the upper one. For ease of work, the knee pads can first be basted or pinned to the main part.
After stitching, the knee pads should be carefully ironed on the front and back sides.
After this, you can begin processing the side pockets with a scoring barrel.
First of all, you need to duplicate the allowance to process the entrance to the pocket.A narrow strip of adhesive gasket glued to the inside of the part is ideal for this purpose.
Then the top lining should be stitched to the pocket entrance. The stitching seam is 5-7 mm. The parts should be aligned across the cuts and face each other.
The stitched lining must be turned over to the wrong side of the jeans and ironed, straightening the narrow edging, similar to the edging on the knee pads.
Then you need to lay a finishing stitch (two possible) along the entrance to the pocket.
Next you need to stitch the scoring flange. To do this, it must be placed on the top lining of the pocket (wrong side to wrong side), aligned along the cuts and sewn with a 5 mm seam.
Next, you need to turn the lining inside out and straighten the seam allowances. If necessary, the seam can be ironed. Along the edge of the pocket lining you need to machine stitch 7-10 mm wide. The stitch length should be medium or slightly less. Such a stitch will better “hold” the fabric and will not soon tear or wear out.
The processed pocket must be secured with an auxiliary stitch along the top and side edges of the trousers. At the same time, you need to fix the tucks at the waist provided by the jeans model.
You need to prepare the second front half of the trousers in the same way.
Then they need to be connected to each other along the middle seam, the seam allowance of which needs to be overcast and ironed.
The belt for the trousers can be cut directly from the belt of the jeans from which they are altered, with the difference, however, that the children's belt should be an order of magnitude narrower. When finished, it can be made 2.5 cm. For a baby, this width will be quite enough.
The length of the belt needs to be ironed in half. One of its longitudinal edges should be overcast.
The prepared belt must be sewn to the top edge of the trousers using the unstitched edge. The stitching seam is 1 cm. It is better to press the seam allowance upwards. This will simplify further processing.
The edge of the belt needs to go around the top edge of the front of the trousers.
The belt allowance should overlap the stitching seam by 1 cm. For convenience, the bent belt can be basted or pinned.
A finishing stitch should be given along the bottom edge of the waistband. If necessary, the belt can be ironed from the wrong side.
Preparing the back halves of the trousers involves only 2 operations. First you need to connect them together along the seam of the seat (it is better if the stitching is double, for strength). Then you need to overcast the bottom edge of the belt, and iron the belt itself onto the wrong side of the product by 3.5 cm.
Next, you should proceed directly to the installation of trousers.
First of all, you need to sew the side seams of the product. The waistband allowance of the back halves should go around the front halves by 3.5 cm. The seam allowances should be overcast.
Afterwards, you can process the inseams of the trousers (both at the same time).
You need to sew 2 narrow or one wide (up to 2.5 cm) elastic braid to the ends of the waistband of the back halves.
Then the waist allowance should be turned inside out, the elastic inside the resulting drawstring should be pinned evenly, and one or two finishing lines should be laid along the waistband itself.
The trousers need to be turned right side out. Side and crotch seams should be ironed on a special block using an ironing iron.
At the same time, you need to iron the hem allowance for the bottom - 4 cm. For convenience, it can be chalked and pinned in several places.
After this, you need to hem the bottom of the trousers with a hem seam with a closed, double-folded cut.
When finished, jeans can be ironed with steam if necessary.
New clothes for the baby are ready!
