How to downsize a tee shirt or polo This polo had to have the sleeves lifted onto the shoulders, the sides taken in and splits returned to the side seams at the bottom. For almost all of the alteration I only used my over locker with four threads attached.  The only time I used my sewing machine was securing the seam allowance at the sleeves and stitching the splits. I lowered the blade on the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]