If your garments are too short, you can do this alteration to extend the length for a better fit. This demonstration is done with pants but can be applied to shirts, sleeves, and skirts.
Lengthen a Hem
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Raise a T-Shirt Neckline
Tired of tugging up your T-shirts with a low neckline? Raise them up! This video will show you a basic alteration you can do to raise a t-shirt neckline.
Shorten Cuffed Sleeve
Save money from getting your cuffed sleeves altered by a tailor and do it yourself in a few easy steps. Shorten your Cuffed Sleeves with ease and all you need is your shirt, a few tools, and your sewing machine.
T-Shirt Alteration – V-Neck
Take a crew neck t-shirt and alter it into a v-neck style. The good news is you can use the existing neckband.
Pintucking
Embellish your next project with delicate pintucking. We show you how to create a pintuck and also how to alter any pattern to add pintucking to your projects.
Pants Crotch Length Pattern Alteration
See how you can easily lengthen or shorten the crotch length to your pants' patterns using the slide technique.
Lengthen or Shorten Bodice Pattern Alteration
Learn how to alter your commercial patterns in order to lengthen or shorten the back waist length.
Increase Sleeve Width Alteration
Are your sleeves too tight? See how to make alterations to your patterns to increase the width and comfort.
Decrease Hip Pattern Alteration
Learn how to make alterations to your commercial patterns so you can decrease the hip circumference for the perfect fit.
Increase Hip Pattern Alteration
If you find that the hip area is always too small when you use commercial patterns, check out our tutorial on how to easily adjust your patterns for an increased the hip circumference.