craftgrrl | sewing panels into pants/shorts (Reply)

I'm planning on sewing a panel into a pair of too-small thrift shorts. There's a small snag in my planning and I'm hoping someone here could help.

I was really hoping to just cut off the seams, cut through the waistband and sew in the panels because I don't like seam ripping and, as

heresyoftruth mentioned in the FAQ entry on the topic, it causes waistband issues.

However, it looks like I'll have to seam rip, because there could be some weird pocket problems if I don't, and there's a rivit smack dab in the middle of what would be my seam allowance. I suppose if I'm *really* careful I might be able to cut off the seam and sew on just the other side of the rivet (maybe cutting it off once I'm done sewing.

If you want to see what I'm talking about look here:

so, should I sew the rivet into my seam allowance, or seam rip and deal with the waistband issues. If the second choice: how do you fix problems with the waistband? (I wasn't clear on this with the FAQ)

Thank you!