Altering sleeves and straps
Adding ribbon to this knitted top with flounce sleeves, turned it from an ordinary looking top to a couture top. I used ribbon, not bias binding. The fact that the ribbon was not on the bias gave it the extra "kick". Happy altering Judith
This jacket has suede front and back panels, but ribbed knitted sleeves. I had to shorten cardigan jacket sleeves even though the sleeve was knitted. I do have some videos of cardigans being shortened, and this is no different, except that I used a wider and firmer stretch lace. Need to know more? Click on the video and you will see how I altered this one. Happy altering Judith
This alteration is a continuation of the top that had the flounce on the sleeve. I had enough fabric from shortening the sleeve to create the straps. This is probably a really easy one for you to do, but I thought I would post it anyway. Happy altering Judith Turner
One of my regular clients had a top that needed two things done to it. The first was to shorten the sleeves as it was very long. The second is creating straps which is a separate video. But I thought you might like to see how I went about working out how much needed to be taken from the sleeve, and then how the alteration was done It is very important to [...]
Open french seam on hem allowance. I showed in a previous post how to open the seam for a peaked or tapered sleeve. In this instance, the seam allowance is not the normal over lock and stitch. It has a french seam. It just requires a few more steps to get the hem allowance to sit flat. Happy altering Judith Turner