Burda Style For people who sew

Here my promised How to! I show it on the Nichola pant pattern. Always when I lower the waistband I make my own for the pant. But for the How to I used the original wasitband and I have suprisingly find out that I have not to modified the waistband. I show also how to sew the waistband on the pant. But please use my How to and the original instruction togehter. My english is not the best, but I think the pics would be helpful.

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  Apr 30, 2009, 06.18 PMby orangevegie

  Hello, i love you how to, but what do you do if the pants have pockets? either front or back? Anyone? Thanks.
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  Jul 7, 2008, 01.09 PMby fashion1

  Hi Akwa! I always make my own waistband cause i thought I must enlarge it. but this time with this pattern I wanted to use the original waistband. and when I measure it I noticed thats not necessary for the nichola pattern – but maybe it´s necessary for an other pants pattern.
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  Jul 7, 2008, 09.14 AMby sewcatastrophe

  THANK YOU!!!! I’m short waisted and usually end up with pants in my ribs. I’m glad to see that it doesn’t change the waist band so now I can shorten the waist on the pants I bought at the thrift store. YAY!!!
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  Jun 24, 2008, 07.43 AMby akwa

  Just one question: as you lower the line where the waistband sits… don’t you have to enlarge the waistband itself?
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  May 18, 2008, 03.38 PMby marbo

  Oh, thank you so much for this howto! :-) This is just what I was looking for now for weeks. It will be really helpful to me when I start my straggle with the waistband of my summer skirt and I’m still a beginner in such projects.
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  Apr 22, 2008, 12.32 AMby fashion1

  In the pattern instructions you can read where the waistband ends.

  You must look after:

  Cut out the pattern according to your size.

  i.e.:

  Upper waist band edge 3/5” (1.5 cm) below the waist.

  So you can measure yourself where you want to end you waistband.

  Hope this helps.
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  Apr 21, 2008, 01.09 PMby krunamagiar

  question: how do u know when one pattern needs to get the waistband lower or not? meaning, needs to lower it 5 cm or 10cm..?? thank u^^
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  Apr 19, 2008, 08.42 PMby camilaustral

  omg i did’t know it was so simple!!!!!! thank you so much!!!! i like some of the pants patterns here but i have never tried one because they are too high thanks!!!
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  Apr 15, 2008, 04.08 PMby mira29

  Thank you for your very nice how tos… as i have just begun to sew on my own ( there is no one i can ask how to do the things) i learn so much from you… also i would like to add that, i wish you will have great experinece at school and will be very succesfull… :) see you soon….
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  Apr 4, 2008, 04.01 AMby krunamagiar

  thank u… very much usefull for beginner like me.I notice that you like to lower the waistline— me too… I like my pants or skirt sit on the hip. thanks again^^
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  Apr 2, 2008, 03.45 PMby dianacirne

  Really helpfull! Thak you!