Body shape can affect the fit of clothes. Look at ways that clothes may need to be taken in.
How to take in a singlet at the sides making sure to line up the ribbing at the top If you place the singlet inside out under your sewing machine foot and start to sew, the ribbing will more than likely move and one side will be lower than the other. Take in singlet at sides with ribbing and lining up that ribbing can be done very easily with a little help. Here is how I [...]
Take in tee shirt too big Take in sides of tee can be quite simple. Most people do not have a cover-stitch machine, and therefore would rather stitch straight through the hem. This is what I call sewing from FOLD TO FOLD. If a professional alteration is required, I would recommend unpicking the cover stitch, taking in the sides, and then re stitching the hem. However if the quicker solution is preferred, and [...]
I often talk about garment construction and how it would be difficult to give a price on an alteration over the phone. For those of you who are doing clothing alterations for a living, this topic will be worth reading. If you are only doing your own and friends alterations, it will still be worth reading as it looks at garment construction when taking in the sides of a dress or top. Generally when [...]
Dropped shoulder Dropped shoulder is an alteration that can be done reasonably quickly. The sleeve is LIFTED up onto the shoulder so that it is pinned into the correct position on the edge of the shoulder. This is created from a workshop I did for a lady who had a top with a very low dropped sleeve - around 3.175 cm (2 1/4 inches) below her REAL shoulder edge. Note that the join [...]
Trousers seam edge taped can create more work if the trousers are being taken in. Suit trousers are normally taken in from the center back. There are two options when taking in. The first is to unpick the tape and after the excess fabric has been cut away, reattach the tape. This does take more time, but can also have a problem. The problem is that there may not be enough tape. When taking a [...]