1.03.2010

making Maternity Jeans

Ever since getting pregnant I have dreaded shopping in the maternity section and especially shopping for maternity jeans. Even though we have come a long way in maternity wear, I still feel like it leaves a lot to be desired in the style area, not to mention the price of everything. A friend of mine suggested we make our own maternity jeans and I am SO glad that I did. Here are some pictures of the process, although I am not going to go step by step as I used someone elses tutorial which is already very thorough and easy to follow. Find the tutorial by Sew Chic here.

Materials:
1 pair of awesome dark skinny jeans from forever 21 for $12
Jean needles for my sewing machine
black jersey knit
enough wide elastic to go around your lower stomach

Here I am not being able to button my jeans:
I used a chalk pencil to mark the highest point I could zip my jeans to:

and then free handed a curved line around the hips and back of the jeans:


Cut leaving a 5/8" seam allowance:


Sew your band according to directions and encasing your elastic at the bottom:

Pin right sides together and sew to jeans:

Wear them proudly and with style:


Total cost of maternity skinny jeans - $20 and about 2 hours of my time. I call that a steal.

p.s. I made these about 2 months ago and they still fit wonderfully and have held up great. I think I am going to try the same tutorial on a black pencil skirt.

15 comments:

  1. wow. so impressed. they look great!

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  2. amazing! can't wait to get pregnant again so I can try this out! :o)

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  3. Congratluations! I haven't been on the blog for a while. That is so exciting. And great tutorial.

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  4. I made a pair of maternity pants too (3 pregnancies ago) and they are still some of my favorites. Yours look great. Congrats on your baby!

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  5. Love this...I have been thinking about how I was planning on managing the whole maternity clothes thing. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  6. such a great idea! I'll have to try this if I have another baby one day.

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  7. Anonymous17.1.10

    please don't hold back on the maternity conversions - it's so useful to hear good solutions that have been tried and tested!

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  8. I feel happy when I am wearing clothes which are looking good on me and covered me properly...
    Thanks for sharing with us...
    Mavi maternity jeans

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  9. yap its right discover maternity jeans collection is so typical. But now some big brands enter in this section. Maternity Jeans

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  12. Harika....Teşekkürler.....Sevgiler....

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  13. Really its a good idea for women at when they pregnant they can use the maternity jeans.

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