How to shorten a stretch or knit tee shirt using your domestic sewing machine and more
How to shorten length nightie with gathered frill is what this video covers. Now I am not a nightie girl. In fact I prefer my PJ's. I I know that some people prefer nighties. The issue is when a nightie is too long. And if it has a gathered frill it can be a big job to shorten. So I thought I would share my idea on shortening a nightie with a gathered [...]
Add extension to length tee shirt that is too short. Generally if a tee is too short, you would wear something underneath like a singlet or another tee. But what if you didn't want to have that extra bulk? You can add an extension without unpicking the hem or doing anything too time consuming. Check out how I got around a tee shirt that was too short. Happy altering Judith
How to fix tee shirt with oil stain when someone like me drops oil down my front. I must be a messy eater, because I always seem to drip something down my front. In this case it was an oil stain. Or it could have been from cooking and the oil splashed up and hit my top. But either way using talcum powder on the stain didn't work. For those of you who [...]
Neckline very low on top. My client thought the only option was to create more pleats, to raise the front. When I looked at the top I could see that there was more going on here than just the front being too low. This solution worked for this top. It might not work for another one. It might be that the shoulders need to be raised. It will always depend on the [...]
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