Alterations
Explore articles to do clothing alterations - make simple adjustments to customised transformations. Make the clothes you have truly fit you.
When clothes go bad (and they all do), there are two choices before you - throw them away and buy new ones or mend, repair, alter or recycle the ones you have to make them wearable again.
There are many advantages to mending, altering, or, if these fail, recycling your clothes. One is a global-level advantage. You are not burdening the world with more clothes. The textile and fashion industry pollutes the environment like no other. So you are doing something good for the earth and its inhabitants.
Then there is the budget-saving nature of mending. New clothes cost you money. Do you want to save some money or not?
If all these do not interest you, maybe self-satisfaction would. There's something satisfying about being able to mend and repair your own clothes. It gives you a sense of accomplishment. Try it!
Articles on all types of alterations
- Tips to turn skinny jeans into bootcut, or flared ones
- How to make a Battle Jacket : DIY ideas for your own version of this punk staple.
- Make a t-shirt fit : How to re-shape your oversized, baggy tshirts
- How to sew a Ripped seam {Tips to repair tears in stitching easily}
- How to alter Loose Jeans to one that fits at the waist : 5 ways
- How to lengthen a short top (3 Easy ideas)
- How to fix a worn out Shirt Collar
- Patchwork jeans : Easy DIY ideas
- Re-fashion plain Black t-shirts to ‘Pretty’
- How to make jeans longer – Adding length to short jeansÂ
- Altering loose pants into one that fits
- Turn a man’s shirt to a simple Top : Refashion sewing tutorial
- How to alter Tight Pants/Jeans?
- Best tricks to alter clothes that are too tight – for shirts & dresses
- How to shorten length and hand sew hem of DRESS PANTS properly
- Jeans Repair : 7 types of alterations you may want to do on your denim and their solutions
- How to remove Embroidery from clothes without damage to the fabric
- How to fix holes in Jeans : 10 ways to repair ripped & torn jeans
- Jean Button Replacement : Fix the button back on your jeans
- Simple T-shirt decorating – 15 easy ideas to make your own custom t-shirt
- Clothing repairs to Fix clothes to New again (40 common scenarios)
- Cut out T-shirts to something WOW {10 T-shirt cutting ideas with instructions}
- How to take in & make a Shirt or Dress Smaller : 6 Solutions
- Darning : 4 Best methods to darn and repair holes
- Mending of tears in fabric {15 best methods including invisible mending}
- Fixing a Neckline that is too big & gapes : 10 Solutions
- Altering clothes to make them fit: 20 typical clothing fitting problems
- How to repair a ZIPPER : 10 zip problems & solutions for fixing them
- DIY Slip Extender & other 3 ways to lengthen a Dress/Skirt
- How to sew on a patch & other ways to attach patches on clothes
- 15 ways to Distress Jeans at home
- 5 ways to Hem and Shorten JEANS
