Some tips are from yesteryear and others from my experience over the last 20 years doing alterations
This is a really beautiful dress. But the sleeves are too long. On top of that they flare out at the bottom. The manufacturer put a small hem on the sleeve. But it was twisted, and in my opinion did not look nice. I decided to put a bigger hem allowance on the sleeve, but that meant I needed to do some tweaking to the hem allowance so that it would sit [...]
My good friend Ruth asked if I would create pattern from old shorts. She use these ones for tennis and wanted some more just like them. I am not a dressmaker. But after 20+ years of pulling clothes apart and putting them back together, I have a few tricks up my sleeve for copying clothes I used to say to my staff. If you learn how to do clothes alterations, then [...]
Take in sides skirt hem uneven This is one of those dilemmas that happens with flared skirts. It's too wide so you want to take some of the flare out. When the hem will more than likely not be even. That means by the time you stitch down to the hem one side will be longer than the other. Happy altering Judith Turner
Does this scenario sound familiar? Going out tonight - Dress/skirt/top is just a little too wide at the bottom. "I know, I will just run it in quickly"....... So this is what it would look like run in quickly... I used orange thread to show the stitching. I am not saying there is anything wrong with this if the alteration is on your own clothing. And/or you are in a [...]
This is a really challenging project to do, but a lot of fun. I use my Hussif Roll whenever I go to sewing groups. I have all the tools I need in the Hussif Roll. I do want to pass on my gratitude to Martyn Smith who is now the Production Manager - Sewing at Echidna Sewing Products. Martyn has always been very generous with his time in passing on sewing skills. Thank [...]