{"id":68,"date":"2009-06-10T19:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/elastic-waistband-trick\/"},"modified":"2020-12-31T11:20:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T16:20:27","slug":"elastic-waistband-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2009\/06\/elastic-waistband-trick.html","title":{"rendered":"elastic waistband trick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a little trick that will prevent an elastic waistband from turning and getting twisted.<\/p>\n

\"Elastic<\/a><\/p>\n

Leave a little extra space in the width of the casing, and edgestitch the top edge of the waistband before you feed the elastic through. For some reason, that top row of stitching will prevent the elastic from folding over on itself when the elastic is added.<\/p>\n

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You can use this little trick in any elastic waistband, but it seems to be more of an issue in waistbands that have elastic all the way around; back-only elastic waistbands have less of a tendancy to twist and turn.<\/p>\n

Try this little tip in the Lazy Days Skirt<\/a>, the Bedtime Story Pajamas<\/a>, and the Puppet Show Shorts<\/a> and I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the results!<\/p>\n

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Use this simple trick and your elastic waistbands will always turn out perfectly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":53276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[133,140],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-bedtime-story","tag-tutorial"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/elasticwaistbandT.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-16","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53813,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/03\/three-tips-for-elastic-waistbands.html","url_meta":{"origin":68,"position":0},"title":"three tips for elastic waistbands","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"March 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are three tutorials that offer tips and tricks to help you successfully sew elastic waistbands.","rel":"","context":"In "general post"","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3elastictipsTITLE.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":67006,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2018\/10\/adding-an-exposed-elastic-waistband-to-a-skirt.html","url_meta":{"origin":68,"position":1},"title":"adding an exposed elastic waistband to a skirt","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"October 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Shelley is back with a micro hack using the Building Block Dress Book. 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