Altering shirts
Do you have plain shirts in the cupboard and you really would love to dress them up a little. This video will give you one idea to change the appearance of a plain shirt into something else. Have fun with this one. Love to see your examples below in comments. Happy altering Judith
Some men like to have their collar neat which means buttons and buttonholes. Most people are scared of doing buttonholes. Truly you do not have to be. It's easy and in this video I explain how. But you do need to understand how your machine works. A sewing machine is like a bike. You have to get on a bike and keep trying (falling off sometimes) before you get it right. Well [...]
Shorten sleeves on a denim shirt with buttons and buttonholes is another one of those alterations most people shy away from. How many times do you come across a shirt with buttons and buttonholes and it needs to be shortened? Well this client did not want to pay me to shorten at the top of the sleeve. He said just cut and sew. I couldn't just cut and sew. But to explain about [...]
. This uniform shirt not fitting, needs a lot of tweeking. Like any uniform, some people might get away with it, but in this case my client was not happy with the way it sat on her body. In this video I take you through the pinning, marking, sewing and finishing.
Shorten shirt with tails can be achieved quickly with this easy method. Determine the new length, and place two crossed pins at the front. The tails on the front and back panels may be the same or the back may be longer. Always ask the person what they want. Do they want to keep the same curvature, or would they like it be different. In the video example I have kept it the same curvature [...]