making trousers fit
 

The recession has hit- I now have to make all my tight trousers fit me as the new years weight loss programme is not working- I want cake----havn't had any for over a week and havn't lost a pound ....anyway
Green tips-
Yes--- please save my tight trousers from the landfill- how can I make them bigger- I have elastic and thread but I was wondering what the best aproach would be....
Any suggestions- or if anyone would like to post me a cake...lol

Jeana,
There are things you can buy called waist expanders but I'm sure if you're anyways handy (unlike me :-) ), you could make a version of them.
What it is is a glorified piece/ length (only about an inch or so between the button and the hole or as much as you need to 'expand' the trousers) of thick heavy elastic with a button hole on one end and a button on the other - the button goes into the button hole of your trousers and the button of your trousers goes into the button hole on the expander.
There are different kinds of these - some with pieces of material in the colour of the trousers, that goes inside the zipper so there's no 'flashing' :D.
I don't have a link right now but if you google them you will see what I mean. There are loads on ebay and also they are usually stocked in nursery shops for pregnant women.
Hope that helps

Poor Jeana’s been hit by the slump
And has grown a little more plump
Though cake is her passion
She’s still thinking of fashion
Ideas please, or the trousers go straight to the dump

Regarding waist expanders you could also put and elastic band through the hole where the button goes and then clasp it onto the button... I did this when I was pregnant and it works really well but you do need to have a top or shirt etc covering the top of the trousers...

Tight waistband
 

Cut waistband over backseam and unpick an inch or so of back seam then insert a V piece of material and hand sew all around neatly when you loose the weight just undo it.

Hi Ocker,
Thanks for the poem hee hee, very good- lol
hmmm, Thanks for all the ideas the trousers arn't going to the dump...Yeeahh
I bought an Oxford lunch cake today- twas yummy...diet starts Monday as usual ...lol probably ends next Saturday as usual lol...ah well there's always Dawn French as a role model...
Thanks for all the help everyone I'll sit down with my Tea, Cake and Big brother and get stitching...
Nighty Night
Jeana