I’d like to walk you through how to address an alteration that has a challenge to it. Most alterations are straight forward. You have a correction to make and there is an solution that suits it best. Along the way to getting that alteration done, many people have come up with solutions that offer efficiency…
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Creative Pinning
I’ve got a post coming today or tomorrow concerning how to do a challenging alteration. But, in the meantime, I just had to show you how creative my customers are when it comes to pinning. Those of you who sew always have pins on hand. But have you noticed what happens when people don’t? They…
Read MoreHow To Shorten Shoulder Straps on Your Dress or Top
When your dress or top needs to be taken up at the shoulders, the process is not difficult. Often, my customers will tell me to just stitch across the strap and cut off the excess. Yes, you can do a version of that, but it leaves a very large lump that doesn’t always lay flat,…
Read MoreHow To Add a Corset Back to Your Wedding Dress
Have you found the perfect dress, but it won’t zip up in back? It looks and fits great everywhere else, but you just can’t zip it up? Well, here’s an alteration you can do to fix that problem. I’ll show you how to add a corset back to your wedding dress (or any dress) and…
Read MoreWe Interupt This Regularly Scheduled Sewing Post….
I just had to tell ya’ll about an incredible weekend I had with my eldest daughter in Houston, Texas this weekend! (I will try to find something sewing related to share with you as I write, but if you’re here looking for an honest to goodness “how-to” do an alteration, you’ll be so disappointed.) There are two posts…
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Hem…Using the Inseam Measurement
Several of my customers leave their pants to be hemmed on my porch without ever coming inside. It’s because I hem their pants using their inseam measurement. The inseam is the seam on the inner leg that runs from the crotch area to the hem edge of the pants. Once I know what their inseam measurement is,…
Read MoreTaking In A Dress That’s 5 Sizes Too Big
I haven’t written in almost a month. Not because I didn’t want to. I was preoccupied with altering a bridal gown. I should have known that taking in 8 inches at the bust was going to prove to be difficult. Isn’t there an unwritten rule that you shouldn’t take in more than like three inches…
Read MoreHow To Mark Your Hems..Another Method
As I mentioned in How To Mark Your Pants For Hemming…One Method, there are many ways to mark a hem. Besides the method I showed you in that post, I have tried using several measuring devices, including a yardstick. None of them worked super well for me. They all had their issues. But many thanks to Christy, a…
Read MoreHow To Mark Your Pants For Hemming…One Method
There are several ways to mark a pair of pants in order to hem them. I have used the same method for years. It is so easy that your kids, husband, neighbor, or friend could do it easily. And so can you! First, I make sure the customer has on a pair of shoes that…
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How to Sew Beads onto a Wedding Dress or Formal Gown
What do you do if you have to alter a wedding or formal dress (for a customer or for yourself) and the dress has beads on it? (Or maybe, you are making a dress and you want to add beads to it). It looks intimidating, doesn’t it? Well, I’m here to show you how easy…
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The Sewing Garden 