Does everyone out there already know that the grain on a waistband goes the opposite way? Because somehow i missed that valuable bit of information...especially horrifying when i remember how many pairs of jeans i made last fall...oh, the little gaps.
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sometimes they're bias too. Think low rise.
but if they were bias wouldn't you have to interface the hell out of them in order to maintain the shape? the waistband might contour to curves nicely, but it would immediately stretch out...
That is more or less exactly what they do. The interfacing is even cut on the bias in some cases. This is most common on women's dress pants. Although I can't vouch for all pants but I've taken apart maybe tree pairs that were all done like that.
well, immediately after i wrote that last post, i looked at the waistband of my pants -- neither low rise nor dress pants -- and it was on the bias. I really do need to start paying more attention to how the everyday clothes i wear are made...
Well right after writing this I went and looked at my pants. I was wearing a pair of jeans with a contoured waist band. This means it's on the bias in the back but strait grain in the front. I suddenly began doubting my previous ideas on bias grain.
Oh the complications of waist bands.
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