FIT & ALTERATIONS
TWO HOLES IN MY HUSBAND'S POLO
Ten minutes, a long needle, and the one thread choice that stops the whole repair popping the first time he pulls it over his head.
TWO HOLES IN MY HUSBAND'S POLO
Ten minutes, a long needle, and the one thread choice that stops the whole repair popping the first time he pulls it over his head.
RESCUING A BLACK BOW SWEATER
No clever technique, no dramatic reveal — just the quiet, fiddly, invisible side of alterations. How I hand-stitched fifty-something tiny bows back onto a client's sweater so it looked like...
RESCUING A BLACK BOW SWEATER
No clever technique, no dramatic reveal — just the quiet, fiddly, invisible side of alterations. How I hand-stitched fifty-something tiny bows back onto a client's sweater so it looked like...
WHY I DO ALTERATIONS
Pinning things on myself nearly drove me mad — so naturally, I ended up doing alterations for everyone else instead.
WHY I DO ALTERATIONS
Pinning things on myself nearly drove me mad — so naturally, I ended up doing alterations for everyone else instead.
ALTERATIONS vs PATTERN CORRECTIONS
Taking in a seam and correcting a pattern aren't the same job — one fixes a garment, the other fixes the problem causing it. Here's the difference.
ALTERATIONS vs PATTERN CORRECTIONS
Taking in a seam and correcting a pattern aren't the same job — one fixes a garment, the other fixes the problem causing it. Here's the difference.
WHAT A BODICE BLOCK ACTUALLY IS
Made my own bodice block, got it mostly right, emailed a photo when it wasn't — and learned why fixing the block matters more than patching whatever you make from...
WHAT A BODICE BLOCK ACTUALLY IS
Made my own bodice block, got it mostly right, emailed a photo when it wasn't — and learned why fixing the block matters more than patching whatever you make from...
WHY HANDMADE CLOTHES DON'T ALWAYS FIT
Made a toile, the shoulder seam was too long, the back gaped — one of about a hundred fit frustrations I've had, and the course that's actually helped me sort...
WHY HANDMADE CLOTHES DON'T ALWAYS FIT
Made a toile, the shoulder seam was too long, the back gaped — one of about a hundred fit frustrations I've had, and the course that's actually helped me sort...