Clothing alterations

Learn all these sewing and alterations you can do yourself to make your wardrobe fit well and last longer. Don't pay for these alterations!

Check out these simple clothing alterations you can do yourself when those ready to wear clothes don't fit quite right or if your weight has recently fluctuated.

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It's great to learn simple ways to alter clothes to get a beautiful fit. A custom fit is the best way to make your clothing look well-made and expensive.

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Greetings my friends and a big Aussie hello to you all today. I hope that you learnt a new fitting technique from the previous post How to Lengthen Your Back Rise in relation to the new Harper Pants Pattern. For today’s post I am going to share with you the method on shortening your front [...]

It's easy to transform your crew neck T-shirt into a more flattering V-neck shirt in a few simple steps. You don't even need to add any additional fabric!

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You can learn how to hem pants or how to take in a top with this article, How to Do Alterations. Our in-house expert Chris Hammond, along with Mary Beth Temple, sewist extraordinaire, helped put together these step-by-step instructions. These sewing tutorials will teach you how to sew for your everyday life. Buying clothing can be frustrating because your figure is probably not the same size as what retailers sell on the racks. Custom clothing is expensive, but you can customize clothes from…

You can make your pants bigger around the waist using either stretching or sewing techniques. The easiest way to widen the waistband of your pants is to stretch the fabric to make it looser. You can also make more permanent alterations with scissors and a sewing machine.