

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...


Formal Dress Hems – Satin, Part 1
I am NOT the sewing police. But I can bail you out of the clink when it comes to formal dress hems. Now don’t back away and look at me...