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Fitting Revelations for Fit Challenges

Your wardrobe is talking - learn to identify how your shape differs from standard sizes and fix your fit challenges!
Make a Tailored Jacket in Perfect Proportion

During my years as a custom clothier and alterations specialist, my main objective was to ensure my clients always looked their best. My specialty was tailored garments, and I made…
Set-in Sleeve Solutions

The classic set-in sleeve is often the most complicated sleeve to fit. After you have taken care to fit the armhole to the torso and the sleeve to the arm,…
French Dart for Fit

Excess fabric in the armhole is a frequent fitting complaint, especially for sewers who make full-bust adjustments. A poorly fitting armhole can throw off the overall look of a garment.…
The Magic Yoke: Constructing a Fast Finished Yoke

The yoke on a typical shirt or blouse isn’t challenging to construct. After joining the yoke and facing to the back, and the yoke facing to the front with a…
For a Great Fit, Start with Fitting the Shoulder

Your shoulders are like a clothes hanger: Every top, jacket, and dress you put on hangs from them. If you want your clothes to look better on you than on…
Fitting: Fitting Yokes to Rounded Backs

When fitting yokes to a rounded back, first measure your waist-to-neckline distance at the center back and compare to your pattern.
How to Use Your Sloper to Finish Your Shirt

Naturally, once you’ve discovered how a sloper (a set of basic patterns customized to an individual size and shape) helps you fit patterns, you would want to know how to…
How to Fit a Perfect Sleeve

You’ve probably been told over and over never to change the sleeve cap, because if you do, it won’t fit into the armhole properly. Let’s venture into that sacrosanct sleeve…
Reset a Side Zipper in Pants for a Better Fit

Alterations pro Pamela Howard shows how to reshape curved side seams and reset an invisible zipper in a ready-to-wear or me-made garment.

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