8 ways to stretch skinny jeans

Cases when jeans are reduced after the first wash are not uncommon. Upon purchase, the product can sit perfectly, and after washing it can be pulled down. In some cases, jeans are reduced in length, in others - in width. Gained extra pounds also negatively affect the size of jeans. Do not rush to throw away your favorite clothes, as the situation is easy to fix.

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There are a lot of ways to make the pants free in size, so you should choose the most suitable option and proceed to their "resuscitation".

Method 1: Soak

A simple but effective way to increase the size of jeans in volume is to soak in water. To do this, you must first put on the thing is not the body and try to completely fasten it to all buttons and a zipper. Then you need to fill the bath with warm water and completely plunge into it. After 15 minutes, the fabric will be well saturated with water, and the clothes will sit more freely on the body. Staying in the water, you should pull the jeans well in the hips, inner seam or waist. The tissue in the problem area should be stretched by hands for 10 minutes.

Then, so that the pants do not return to their previous shape and sit “like a glove,” you need to get out of the bath without removing your jeans and let the material dry a little. While in wet pants, you need to do some stretching exercises. First, put a towel on the floor or mat for fitness and take several poses that will help stretch the material.

water-soaked jeans

Tip
Jeans will get the desired shape and increase in volume if you sit in them for about 30 minutes and let them dry a little. After which the clothes need to be allowed to dry on their own.

When the jeans are completely dry, you need to put them back on and do some exercises so that they become a little looser. You need to do a similar procedure with new jeans several times until they finally expand to the desired size. Do not forget that machine wash and the use of a dryer leads to the fact that the material is pulled together - it shrinks.

Method 2: Stretching

This option is very convenient to carry out at home. The procedure is as follows:

  • When using a water spray, the fabric is wetted on both sides (internal and external);
  • In order to stretch the waist or hips, you should stand with two legs on a wet cloth in the pocket zone. You can increase the length of the leg if you stand on the dry part of the fabric in the area slightly above the knee;
  • Holding the feet in place, it is necessary to raise the opposite part of the jeans. Taking the fabric with both hands, but without unnecessary jerking. Stretch the material in the direction in which it is necessary to increase it. The procedure must be repeated 10 times (unbuttoning the button at the same time), and then do the same with another leg.

girl stands on jeans

Method 3: Paired

This method is similar to the previous one. The difference is that they pull not one, but two. Previously, the thing should be wet, and then with the help of another person stretch the jeans in different directions (at the seam). During this manipulation, you can not sharply pull the fabric, as it can tear. Follow the entire procedure carefully.

Method 4: Spray, Stretch, Fix

The following procedure will help you make your pants larger. To begin with, a thing must be put on and fastened with all buttons and a zipper. After that, the problem area is wetted with warm water from the spray gun (spray gun).Then, several movements (squats, lunges or stretching) are performed so that the material becomes more free to sit on the body. Such manipulation allows jeans to take on the desired body shape.

spraying jeans

After the fabric dries, it must be carefully pulled in the desired area. Stretch the material horizontally and vertically for 5 minutes. Then the problem area should be fixed with a bottle of water. In this position, the thing must stand for several days for the procedure to work, and the pants are distributed in width.

Tip
purityis.decorexpro.com/en/ recommends being as careful as possible when stretching your jeans. It is necessary to act on a very thin fabric gently, since such material is easy to tear. It is better not to pull the canvas in the area where there are holes, including decorative ones (most often, they are located in the knee zone), since it is easy to tear a thing. The fabric is best exposed to the seam in the lower leg and ankles.

Method 5: Ironing

A simple device such as an iron will help to increase a thing in the waist and hips. The normal ironing process when using the steaming mode will give the most positive effect. Moist hot air will warm the material and eliminate unevenness on the fabric. Due to the effects of moisture and high temperature, the thing will increase in size. In order to achieve the full effect of such manipulations, you should put on your pants while the material is still warm and a bit like this around the house.

iron on jeans

Stretch a thing in length will help another effective method. Put gauze on a wet leg. Jeans should be pulled in the direction in which to increase the material in length. It is necessary to simultaneously stretch the fabric with your hands in the right direction and immediately draw an iron over it. This option will increase the length of clothes by 3-4 cm.

Method 6: Expander

Buying a “belt stretcher” will help solve the problem with the small size of clothes. Before using such a device, you should first fasten the jeans with buttons and a zipper. Then the clothes must be soaked in water. After this, the expander is placed in the middle, namely in the waist, is fixed and increases in length.

stretching pants in the lower back

Important
Use the expander on top of elastic materials such as stretch and denim.

Method 7: Boiling water and a can

Denim pants can be stretched if you resort to hot water and a container of a suitable size. The thing must be wetted in boiling water, and then, until it has cooled down, wound on a cylindrical surface. At first it is recommended to wind the leg tight enough, and then leave the thing to dry completely. This option is ideal in order to increase the product in length.

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Tip
The resource purityis.decorexpro.com/en/ recommends never to put wet jeans on a light or multi-colored towel (carpet). The textile surface can tint in the blue color of the pants, which will ruin the thing. When working on the material with your hands (stretching the fabric), you never need to pull jeans by the straps or loops (strings) - they will come off.

Method 8: Elastic Waist or Towel

This method is suitable for both new and old pants. Its implementation involves the following steps:

  1. On the waist or hips, you need to wear a wet elastic belt (from back pain) or wrap this part of the body with a wet towel.
  2. Then, pants are put on over a belt or towel.
  3. Wear clothing until it is completely dry. This method will help give jeans a more relaxed fit.

To forget about the problem of tight jeans will allow one of the above methods. If a certain method has not given the desired effect, you can go to another option. In the process of stretching the pants should be as accurate as possible and not affect the fabric where it is very thin.

man in the bathroom in jeans

If no method has given the desired effect, the thing can be expanded, thereby increasing it in size. However, it is worth remembering:

  • jeans - a dense and thick fabric that not every sewing machine and thread can handle,
  • if you dissolve the external, decorative seam, you will have to re-lay the stitching, and for this you need a special, denim thread;
  • the thickness at the stitching site is large, so you need to reduce the thread tension, increase the pitch and take the needle number 90 and above or for denim.

Tip
As practice shows, it is best to embroider or suture jeans in the studio, and at home, the procedure often becomes too time-consuming.

It is not too difficult to stretch jeans made of cotton or denim, but accuracy, patience and some physical preparation will be required. To save strength and nerves, immediately buy clothes of your size - and be irresistible!

We recommend that you read the article on how to wash jeans so that they sit down and become one size smaller

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  1. Maria
    08/24/2016 at 17:31 Reply

    And the iron method really helps.

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