Back adjustment

Hi everyone! We're back to fitting the shoulder and armhole area of Vogue 8664. Hopefully you'll stay a bit and follow along. Last time, we talked ab...

Do you have a dress that fits too loose? This is the easiest solution ever!The best part? No sewing needed. Duh!All you need for this is a dress, piece of strin…

Reading Time: 8 minutes When I use the word scoliosis you probably think of a teenage girl stuck in a brace for days on end. Or maybe you think of a little old lady slumped over, slowly pushing her Read more…

Aloha Sewists, and welcome to the Alterations section of the Kim Dress Sewalong! Throughout these posts we will be going through as many pattern alteration tutorials as we can physically crush in, relevant to the Kim Dress. But it doesn't end there - the extra great news is that a lot of these tutorials will be applica

The Sway Back issue happens when there is too much excess fabric at the back around the waistline but the front fits ok. So you need to get rid of the excess out of your pattern so that it sits better at the back. As I've stated in my other tutorials on Altering your Pattern you must sew up a Toile/Muslin of your pattern first so that you can fix all the fitting problems that are happening so that you don't get discouraged and end up throwing your garment in the corner never to be seen…

Have you ever found it difficult to move your arms when you make a garment with a close fitting bodice, or just felt that the upper back ...

Above: don’t you hate this effect? So as I mentioned in the last post a lot of commercial patterns (including butterick 5032) gape on me. There always seems to be excess fabric near the neckl…

Fitting a swayback. It's quite simple to get rid of the folds that are on the back of your dresses if you have a swayback. I'll show you how, step-by-step

Do your handmade tops slide backwards on your neck? You might need a high round back adjustment.