Add belt loop to pants

I really like these pants (thanks Aysha !). Having just recently bought the belt I need to keep them up, I noticed that these pants are so...

We've all been there. People learn you love to sew and they start bringing you clothing items to repair. It comes with the territory. At first I was defiant. I'm not a clothes type of person. One time I tried to make my daughter a dress and I ended up throwing it in the trash. Looking back I was probably using the wrong type of material for the pattern. Le Sigh. Slowly but surely I've been allowing myself to mess with clothing repairs. My sister-in-law brought me a shirt with a…

If you need to add a belt to your shorts or pants to stop them falling down, it’s useful to know how to add belt loops for trousers. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to add belt loops to pants.

And we have a brand new sewing tutorial up: How to sew belt loops on a pair of pants! Belt loops are one of those construction details that you don't ever THINK about making, or really even notice.. Until you see a pair of pants without them. Or go to wear a belt and realize that the pants don't actually HAVE belt loops. Prior to this month's sewing project, the Clark Crop Pant, I had never actually sewn up belt loops. I don't know why, it just never really happened. And I have actually only…

If you need to add a belt to your shorts or pants to stop them falling down, it’s useful to know how to add belt loops for trousers. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to add belt loops to pants.

Extend the life of your pants by learning how to repair ripped, torn or otherwise damaged pants, including ripped belt loops.

The final touch on the River dress, view B – the belt and belt loops! It’s nice to be able to cinch in this version since the woven fabrics tend to be lighter and thinner than the thicker heavy weight knits of view A. The pattern includes instructions for two belt loops, but you could always add more if you like. And though we will be talking about adding a belt and belt loops to the woven dress (View B) there is honestly nothing stopping you from adding a belt to a knit dress, or even to…

Repair a Torn Belt Loop: I tend to wear a good pair of jeans to death, and a common failure point is that a belt loop comes off. Generally this is not due to the stitching coming out, as many tears are. On belt loops, what usually happens is that the fabric of the pants f…

I promised you a new tutorial on belt loop finishing, so here it is #sew...

I've been meaning to add belt loops to my Sew Over It Cigarette Pants since the first time I made them. Even though they fit pretty well, the way my body is just means that they don't stay up properly without a belt. One of the blogs I follow mentioned Mend It May, and that idea…