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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Repair a Damaged Seam
Repair those damaged seams with some easy hand sewing methods to make your items good as new. This video demonstrates two different methods depending on whether or not you have access to the inside of the seam.
Hemline Zipper
Alter your sewing patterns to accommodate adding a zipper to the hemline. This is a great style detail to add to your garments and is not difficult to do.
Pajama Pants Assembly
Pajama pants are an essential garment that everyone loves. Use your pajama pant pattern to make the perfect pajamas in no time at all.
Hem Jeans With Original Hem
Short people rejoice! Here's an easy way to hem those jeans and keep the original distressed hem.
Pajama Pants Pattern
Drafting a pair of your own pajama pants pattern is easier than you think and a staple garment for everyone.
Lower a Waistline Pattern
Take an existing high-waisted pattern and turn it into a low-waisted one. We demonstrate this alteration on one of our skirt blocks, but you can apply this to pants as well. Plus we go over creating facing pieces and assembly.
Jeans Assembly
This tutorial takes you through the whole process of assembling a basic pair of jeans. We cover everything from the zippered fly, pockets, waistband and belt loops.
How to Create Patterns From Existing Clothing – Jeans Part 3
Our final tutorial for creating pattern pieces from your favorite pair of jeans. In this demonstration, we take our outlines and create individual pattern pieces for front and back leg, yoke, side front, pockets, waistband, and belt loops. Now your ready to replicate your jeans.
How to Create Patterns from Existing Clothing – Jeans – Part 1
This is part 1 in our series on how to create a pattern from your favorite pair of jeans.