Taking in dark gray jeans

What I did:
Purpose:

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

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

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

After: the jeans stay up without safety pins!