The next part of altering a suit is to change the stride. Here is a better picture of pinning the excess out of the seat. These pants must be old with the style of low crotches because I pinched a HUGE amount out. To measure, measure both sides of the pinch. For example if one side of the pinch is…
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Doing a waist/seat is one of my favorite alterations to do. It’s pretty quick, and I feel like I accomplish a lot. Measure the markings to see how much the pants need to go in. These pants need to go in 2 1/2″. Next, take off the belt loop. Unpick the inside of the waistband right at the center back…
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Here I’m going to tell you how to pin/mark a suit so that it can be altered. WARNING: what I’m about to teach you can only be done to suit coats with one center back vent that doesn’t have an obvious print, like a stark contrasting pinstripe. There is just too much to teach for all the kinds of suits…
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What I learned from my previous boss is to wear a pair of scissors around your neck on a pretty ribbon while you’re sewing. It makes a small pair of scissors accessible all the time, and you don’t have to search for them under fabric or on the floor. It’s great for cutting thread ends off, cutting out a small…
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Remember my embarrassingly dyed hands? Well it was worth it because I was able to make these! I had to dye them twice to get it to the color I wanted. It’s faintly splotchy, but I think it adds something. The funny thing is everything changed color except all of the stitching so you can see yellow all over. I…
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