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    Waistbands – a couture method

    Dec 12, 2016 2 minutes
    By Louise Sparrow

    BEFORE you cut your garment, decide how wide you want to make the waistband. The following instructions are for a waistband 2.5cm (1in) wide, so the waist seam is increased to this width. See photo 1.

    Next, cut your waistband three times the finished width plus 1cm (⅜in). Also add an

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