Taking in dark gray jeans
Date:
What I did:
Before
My husband's jeans were too roomy in the waist.
![back view of man wearing jeans, shown from waist to back pockets, with safety pins cinching in the over-large waist](/sites/default/files/styles/max_900x900/public/2021-11/21.11.13.BlackJeansWaistBefore.jpg?itok=HmT2IfrH)
Before: we pinned the jeans so that they fit.
After
I measured how much we had taken in with the safety pins and took them out. Using those measurements as my guide, I sewed two darts in the back of the jeans.
![back view of man wearing jeans, shown from waist to back pockets; two darts are visible at waist](/sites/default/files/styles/max_900x900/public/2021-11/21.11.13.BlackJeansAfterBackClose.jpg?itok=_fNEFDXX)
After: You can see the darts on either side of the belt loop.
![man wearing jeans, shown from waist to ankle, back view, with two darts visible on the back between waist and pocket](/sites/default/files/styles/max_900x900/public/2021-11/21.11.13BlackJeansAfterBackFull.jpg?itok=INHs_oh9)
After: the jeans stay up without safety pins!