Altering clothes

I owe a huge hug of gratitude to Kathleen at Grosgrain Fabulous. She posted 30 days of sweater embellishments on her blog. In those tutorials she took the most ho-hum sweaters from Goodwill and turned

Learn how to fix your jeans so they don't gap or sag (or show crack when you sit down!). Easy sewing tutorial. How to take in or make the waistband smaller.

Learn to DIY with clothing alterations. Altering pants can be done in a few simple steps to make the leg width narrower.

Instead of getting rid of a pair of jeans that is too small in the waist, make them comfortable again by altering the waistband to fit.

Hey y'all, today we're going to talk about denim jackets, or more specifically how to alter a jean jacket. Why would you want to alter one? Well, in my case it all has to do

It's great to learn simple ways to alter clothes to get a beautiful, custom fit. A custom fit is the best way to make your clothing look well-made and expensive.There are lots of ways to alter clothes like lengthening or shortening hems, taking in the sides or letting out the sides, adding darts or removing darts, lengthening or shortening sleeves, mending holes, etc. alter clothes

I love that collared shirts are in style. They are versatile, comfortable, and can easily dress up a casual outfit. Unfortunately, however, I don't have many. And most that I do have are too short for today's style. So I decided to hit the local thrift store in search of men's shirts (so they'd be nice and long) to alter to my needs. Here is the man-shirt pre-altering. I bought this on half-off at Goodwill for $3. Pretty big and shape-less, huh? But it has good arm length and fun, unusual…

She also makes it fun to watch.

Learn how to add back darts to dress for a better fit! This alteration is great to make your dresses fit better and add shaping in the back.