9 Money-Saving Tips on Wedding Dress Alterations
He proposed! Now begins the best time of your life. Time to grab the girls and go wedding dress shopping. Not so fast, my little...
How To Taper Pants Legs aka Skinny Pants
Everybody seems to like tapered or skinny pants. I know I do. And everybody is posting their version of how it’s done everywhere. There...
How to Hem Blazer Sleeves without Button Placket
It’s a crime if there’s a stylish blazer or two hanging in your closet whose only problem is sleeves that are too long. Well, here comes...
The 3-Part Suit Coat Series – Let Out/Take In Mid Section, Part 3
Cause a closet prison riot when you learn how to let out or “slimify (taking in) a boxy suit coat through its mid section. Free all your...
The 3-Part Suit Coat Series – Bottom Hemming, Part 2
Would you rather spend 30 days in solitary confinement than hem the bottom of a suit coat? I mean, how do you make those curves at the...
How to Cuff Pants Hems
“Cuff ‘em, Danno!” I’ve always wanted a reason to put that famous Hawaii 5-0 one-liner somewhere, and this is it. Fuller cut men’s and...
The 3-Part Suit Coat Series – Sleeves Hemming, Part 1
Feeling imprisoned in your ill-fitting suit coat? I’ve got solutions in mid-section fitting, bottom hemming and sleeves hemming. So...
Formal Dress Bodice Alterations, Part 2
If I were the sewing police, I’d sure as heck design a nifty uniform. More on the order of super hero, if you know what I mean. Super...
Formal Dress Bodice Alterations, Easy -Part 1
I am NOT the sewing police. And you may find it arrestingly interesting to know that you can form fit a bodice like a second skin. After...
Formal Dress Hems – Chiffon, Part 2
I am NOT the sewing police. But I can bail you out of the pokey when it comes to formal dress hems, especially chiffon. Is there...