Maternity trousers refashion
August 30, 2011 in Motherhood, Refashioning
First a little announcement. I’m pregnant – 5 months indeed. Its been good so far. I have been lucky in terms of morning sickness and the likes. Even though I still just look like I have a bit of a muffin top I am starting to have issues with getting trousers on. Even the most generous trousers in my wardrobe won’t fasten anymore. So I had a trawl of the internet to find tutorials and ideas for making/refashioning your own maternity trousers.
Here are some pictures of my first attempt. It was not a success. They fall down all the time. So I have to add some fabric and maybe elastic band to the top of them. But I will let you see them for now.
I have added a list of tutorials at the bottom if you want to try and make your own. Another great site to visit is diy maternity by Megan Nielsen where there is loads of lovely inspiration to have on different diy clothing items. Do go check it out!
Trousers before
Cut the front away
Sew a piece of knit or jersey fabric on
Links to tutorials:
- DIY maternity pants by Meg from diy maternity
- Maternity pants tutorial from Grosgrain Fabulous
- Maternity dress pants conversion tutorial by Ann from Sew Paradise
- Converted Maternity Pants Tutorial by Jodell from Modest Maven
- Easy maternity jeans tutorial by Sarah from Create Studio
- Maternity pants tutorial by Jess from If only they would nap
- How to convert jeans into maternity by Jessica from SewChic\
- Maternity Jeans by Mauri from Staker Family Circus
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Great to see the waistline expanding! Hope you are both well. Trousers are looking good
xx
Hey, hello from Hampshire (the other Dawn from the Guild
) – just re-found your blog and wow – congratulations on your pregnancy. Hope you’re settling in well back in Denmark.
Loving your refashioning – I did similarly and added a piece of elastic loosely at the back with a loop to hook over the button. You’ll soon expand more though. Wishing you a happy, healthy pregnancy.
Dawn x
Thank you Sara and Dawn.
Dawn give my love at the guild! Miss you ladies. xxx
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