How to sew a shirt

How to adjust the collar

The shirt can be large along the collar line. This is determined by evaluating the overall appearance with the shirt buttoned up with all buttons.

• if you can hold an index finger between the collar and the throat, then the collar does not need to be altered;
• if the collar presses on the throat, skin folds can be seen above the edge of the collar, then the size is small;
• if you can hold several fingers between the collar and the throat, and the edges of the collar lie on the shoulders, then such a collar is large.

It is almost impossible to carefully alter the collar on your own. To reduce the volume of this part, you will need to completely rip apart several main seams, which form the basis of the whole product. In addition, the collar on the shirts is lined with interlining and sewn on industrial equipment. The only thing you can do yourself to correct the condition of the collar is to reduce the collar length by at least 12 millimeters, to a maximum of 20 millimeters. In this case, a collar shortened in length will visually look smaller by size.

Information! Only an experienced tailor can completely change the shape of the collar, make it narrower in width.

Useful Tips

Applying life hacks that will help to sew jeans in a belt, it is important to take into account the rules for high-quality processing of the product:

1. Jeans that need to be sewn in at the waist must be washed at least once to avoid shrinkage after rework.
2. Fitting needs to be done several times. This will allow you to more accurately achieve the desired size.
3. To sew on your favorite wardrobe item, you can use a template in the form of old, narrower pants.
4. It is worth avoiding completely ripping apart the legs, since it is almost impossible to sew the crotch area on your own at home.
5. The threads should be strong so that tapered jeans do not come apart at the most inopportune moment.
6. The edges of the cuts must be carefully processed with an overlock or hand overcasting.

Jersey

Jerseys are inexpensive, so they are quickly sold out. Only over time, they also need to be replaced, because after prolonged wear, clothes become stretched and lose their attractiveness.

Reducing a thing from such a textile material at home will work without problems. When performing a special method, it can fit 1 size.

Let's start reducing knitwear:

1. Pour hot water into a tub, basin or bucket. Its temperature should be 40-50 degrees, that is, 10-20 degrees higher than indicated on the clothing label.
2. The product is placed in hot liquid for 20-30 minutes. After 20 minutes, check to see if the item is the correct size or is still stretched. If the result is not satisfactory, add boiling water and continue soaking.
3. Squeeze out excess moisture. Do not twist out the water, this will stretch the fabric again. Spread the product over the bottom of the bathtub, and press down to the bottom. This way you can remove excess moisture without damaging the material.
4. Knitwear is dried on a terry towel, which should be periodically changed to dry so that the clothes do not stink.

If you did not succeed in reducing the knitwear at home, the second and last option is to take it to the atelier. But the work of a craftswoman will cost a little less than buying new clothes.

How to sew a jacket over the back?

This version of the jacket alteration is a little more difficult than the previous one, but it is also quite possible. First, you should determine at which seams the new stitches and the scale of suturing will pass.

The jacket and one of the sleeves must be turned inside out. At the seam of the sleeve of the lining, a section with a length of 15-20 cm should be ripped. Pull out the main material of the jacket through the resulting hole.Now you can lay a seam of the optimal width in the center of the backrest, then smooth it out and tuck the elongated section of the jacket into the hole in the lining.

Next, you need to tidy up the lining. Slices of the ripped area must be aligned and carefully sewn or sewn by hand with small, even stitches.

And finally, the jacket can be turned on the front side, straightened and tried on.

Before doing all these works, keep in mind that they require a certain level of professionalism. Therefore, if you are not sure of your skills, we recommend that you entrust this to the professionals from the "Mobile Tailor".

How to sew jeans in the waist, belt

The problem with sizes often occurs in girls with rounded shapes and thin waists. The jeans fit tightly around the hips, and bulge out in the belt, which spoils the overall impression. There are several options for how you can save the situation.

You can sew jeans even at home.

If the product needs to be sutured by 2-3 cm, then you can use an elastic wide band. The main thing is to choose the right length. To do this, you need to measure the waist, measure the elastic 3-5 cm less and stretch it with a pin between the notches on the belt.

The incisions are made slightly wider than the elastic itself. It remains to secure the braid with a pin, then sew it on from both ends, and carefully sew the cuts. The renovation is completed. The jeans will fit perfectly, and the slight gathering at the back will not spoil the overall look.

With darts

If the trousers along the waist line need to be reduced by 3-5 cm (but no more), additional darts are made. With this method, the sewing process will be more laborious.

Necessary:

1. Tuck the waistband back between the side seams.
2. From the inside out, take the extra centimeters into the darts with pins. They should be at the same distance from the back seam and not too long. To be sure, try on with your pants inside out.
3. Stitch the darts, be sure to iron them.
4. Unscrew the central belt loop on the backing belt, cut it in half.
5. Mark the waist size on the belt, cut off the excess.
6. Sew the belt again with a stitch seam, iron the edges and sew to the trousers.
7. Sew the finishing line carefully, close the seam with a belt loop.

What you may need for work

To alter the finished product, you need to find free time and prepare special sewing accessories:

1. A centimeter and a ruler. These items are necessary in order to take measurements. In some areas of the finished product, you need to retreat a few millimeters or centimeters, strictly observing a straight line. This applies to basting the side seams, as well as drawing a line for overcasting a shirt or blouse.
2. Pins or needles. With the help of pins or small needles, parts of the shirt are fastened when it is necessary to connect the sections before further basting.
3. Chalk. A section is marked out with chalk, which is further fastened with pins and laid out with threads.
4. Sharp-edged scissors. Scissors are necessary for making cuts, cuts off parts of the shirt. The sharper the scissors are, the less likely it is to ruin the product.
5. Threads. Colored threads are used for basting: they are better seen on the fabric. Only threads that match the shade of the fabric on the shirt are suitable for sewing.
6. Needles. Basting is carried out using a needle. After the parts of the shirt have been machine-stitched, the hand-sewn seam is removed.
7. Sewing machine. When reducing the size of the product, it is wiser to use an automatic sewing machine. An automated process will produce straight seams that are indistinguishable from factory quality seams.

Reference! In addition to chalk, you can use a small dry bar of soap.

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• work experience over 10 years
• modern sewing equipment made in Germany, Switzerland and Japan
• highly qualified masters who already have a permanent clientele
• our clients, including well-known brands, for example, a chain of stores "Jeans Symphony", Lee-Wrangler, Modis, "Familia"
• our responsibility to landlords.

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Alter and adjust the shirt I rummaged in the wardrobe and found a shirt that was from the wedding. I lost weight, so it began to hang like a sack and the shirt had to be altered. I turned to the Mobile tailor atelier on Pionerskaya. The fit of the shirt to the figure is really great, I did not expect. "Mobile tailor", respect to you! Nikita Smirnov, metro station Chernaya Rechka

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Alter and adjust the shirt I bought a denim shirt, I was looking for this color for a long time, and finally I found it. When I bought it, I saw that it was a little wide at the back and waist, and the shirt needed to be adjusted to fit. But for the sake of color I bought it. I have been applying to Mobile Tailor on Ladozhskaya for a long time, so I know that good seamstresses work there. So I decided to alter the shirt here again. My expectations were fully justified, now I have a shirt of a rare color and it fits comfortably! Yuri K, Dybenko metro

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Why jeans stretch

Denim material is made from strong and thick cotton thread. It is strong to tear, but stretches well. Because of this, with constant stretching of the fabric, jeans lose their original shape. This is especially noticeable on the knees (those very unattractive bubbles) and the belt. The addition of synthetic yarns slightly improves the situation. They are rubberized and therefore more easily return to their original shape, while maintaining elasticity.

These details are of great practical importance. Stretch jeans, which are usually made with a high synthetic content, hardly shrink after a hot wash

The best way to reduce them is to suture them. More natural denim (from 70% cotton or more), on the contrary, shrinks strongly from high temperatures. Therefore, jeans with little or no synthetic fibers can be washed to reduce size.

Check the fabric composition on the tag

How to make jeans dry

Even more than hot water, jeans will shrink from aggressive and hot drying. Wash jeans in a washing machine (any mode), wring out at the maximum number of revolutions, and then use one of the methods:

You can dry your jeans with a working central heating battery. If you have a regulator valve, set it to maximum heat. It is best to purchase a special dryer that is attached to a battery. This is the simplest but least effective method. With its help, jeans will not shrink very much, so it is suitable for returning a tight-fitting silhouette to old skinny jeans, which were slightly worn;

Such dryers cost about 50-100 rubles and are sold in hardware stores and departments with fixed prices.

Such drying will shrink jeans more or less evenly.

Drying and washing machines are expensive, but their presence in the house is often justified - at least with their help, you can easily shrink jeans

Drying can also be used to locally reduce jeans, for example, only on the hips or on sagging knees. To do this, moisten the problem area with a spray bottle, and then dry using one of the above methods.

Features of sewing blouses

Fitted or loose, romantic or classic, with long or short sleeves, trendy or casual - each blouse has its own sewing characteristics.

STAND COLLAR

In order for the length of the rack to perfectly match the length of the neck, they must be equal. Attach the stand pattern to the neckline, along the seam of the collar and compare.

The details of the stand-up collar are reinforced with a thin non-woven h280 (or its analogues) or adhesive G785.First, you strengthen a piece of fabric, and then cut out the details of the rack from it with allowances of 1 cm.

If you chose a model that has a classic shirt collar, and you want to sew a blouse exactly according to this pattern, but only with a stand, just do not cut the collar itself. And in order to keep all the proportions, measure the rack and, if necessary, increase it, its width should be 3-4 cm plus allowances.

SLEEVE SLEEVE IN FINE FABRICS

For thin cotton or silk cambric, chiffon, thin silk, it is preferable to sew the sleeve into the armhole with a French stitch.

If you sew in the sleeve in the usual way, you need to cut off the allowance to 0.7 cm and process it with an overlock or zag zag stitch. You will get a narrow seam that will not be visible from the front side, and will not thicken the armhole line.

SMALL SLEEVE HANDLING

Sew in small sleeves or wing sleeves according to the instructions. Close the open allowances at the bottom of the armhole with a bias tape. In this case, the ends of the inlay go over the lower edge of the sleeves by 1-2 cm. Then cut the allowances close to the line. First turn the tape upwards and adjust it to an allowance close to the seam. Next, go to the wrong side (like a facing) and press it on. Also, the bias tape can be stitched on the armhole or sewn on in the usual way.

DUCTS IN KNITTED BLOUSE

As a rule, chest darts are not provided in such patterns. Therefore, the formation of folds in the area of ​​the armholes on the shelves of the blouse is the norm. If you want to get rid of these folds, hide them by making darts from the armhole or from the side seam. At the same time, reduce the sleeve roll or lengthen the side seam of the front, respectively.

TREATMENT OF WAVES IN A BLOUSE

If, according to the instructions, the processing of shuttlecocks is not provided, and the fabric from which you are sewing a blouse requires this, process the edges of the shuttlecocks with a rolled seam on an overlock or a narrow zigzag stitch on a sewing machine with thin silk threads.

ONE-PIECE BACK

If, according to the pattern, the back of the blouse consists of two parts, but at the same time the middle line with a straight seam, then it can be cut out in one piece, without a seam.

HOW IT IS CORRECT TO SEW A WIDE BLOUSE

Excess width can be taken into the waist darts, in the middle seam of the back, and, of course, in the side seams.

If you sew a blouse exactly along the side seams, the armhole decreases accordingly. So that after these changes the sleeve and armhole coincide, it is necessary to sew the sleeve in the same number of centimeters as the side seam. Or make the armhole deeper so that the sleeve goes into it.

THE LENGTH OF THE SLEEVE

To shorten the length of an already cut sleeve, compare your arm length measurements with the table. Remove the difference in the paper pattern in the middle of the sleeve. Then place the middle-shortened pattern over the cut-out sleeve. And set the pattern in accordance with the resulting changes.

Reduction methods

Clothes bought at a sale without fitting are likely to be out of size. It's good if you can adjust it to fit yourself, by deliberately reducing it. But if the product is still small, there is only one option left - diet. There are several ways to make clothes a couple of sentiments smaller:

How to shrink a thing by washing?

Cotton garments can be reduced in size by steam ironing. Thus, the thing is reduced by a couple of centimeters.

Before starting the washing process, you must read the composition of the fabric from which the product is made. Shrinking cotton is the easiest to shrink. Under the influence of high temperature (60 degrees), clothes will shrink without much effort. It is better to wash such fabric by machine, with the mandatory inclusion of spin. But in the case of woolen items, washing them like this will make them unwearable.

Hot water will help shrink the natural fiber product.

Wool is washed by hand, under the influence of first hot water and then cold.Drying is carried out only on a flat surface, since such things stretch in an upright position. You can make silk clothes shrink by hand washing. It is enough to rinse your favorite jacket in warm water and dry it in a ventilated area. In the case of things made of polyester or nylon, everything is different. Washing is carried out in cold water by hand, and drying can be entrusted to a typewriter.

How to sew a thing at home?

This option is suitable for anyone who is skillful with a thread and a needle and is not afraid of a sewing machine. Before starting the transformation process, you need to:

1. Take measurements of your parameters.
2. Measure the thing in need of reduction. To do this, it is enough to fold it in half and measure the half-girth of the required zones.
3. Determine the difference in size, taking into account the fact that the thing should not fit snugly. This paragraph does not apply to the waist for skirts or trousers.

Sewing on the skirt

In order for a favorite thing to sit on a figure, it is enough to have a sewing machine, a pair of scissors, pins, chalk, thread and a mold. The easiest way is to sew a straight skirt with a set-in belt. First, the belt is steamed and the buttons are cut off. Next, you need to rip the thing along the seam and iron it using a steamer. Add 1 cm to the hip girth and divide by 4, and the volume itself is also divided. The difference in measurements will be the start of a new seam. Do the same with the measurements taken from the waist to determine where the seam will begin. Parallel to the old seam, a line is drawn that will need to be sewn. At the end of the work with the machine, the skirt is ironed out and the buttons and the belt are returned to their place. You can reduce jeans or trousers in the belt in a similar way.

Slimming blouse and dress

A dress made of linen or silk can be large for one simple reason - lack of growth. Standard models are designed for a height of at least 160 cm, so the solution to the problem will be to suture the shoulder seam and reshape the sleeves. If, nevertheless, the problem is not in height, then the dress will have to be ripped from the side and the details ironed. The armhole will change in size during stitching, so it is best to adjust this area with help. You can also shrink your blouse or dress by adjusting the darts.

Materials and tools that will be needed for work

To alter a blouse to fit a figure, you will need several sewing tools:

• sewing machine;
• threads;
• pattern;
• crayon, needles (pins);
• scissors.

Before starting work, you should familiarize yourself in detail with the material of the blouse. Woolen products can shrink during washing, so it first performs this manipulation.

Maybe you won't need to change it. Materials that are not subject to shrinkage can be reduced by loosening the sleeve and subsequent sewing.

A cotton blouse can be simply washed at a temperature of 60 °. Then use the drying function, iron the product. Fitting will show the compliance with the desired parameters. Cotton items shrink when ironing in steaming mode.

Denim shrinks as it is worn. To consolidate the shrinking effect, wash them in warm water.

A blouse made of delicate silk will shrink easily after washing by hand in warm water. The polyester jacket will shrink in cold water.

For those who easily handle a sewing machine, an option to reduce any product is altering, stitching.

Alteration options

There are several different options for shrinking your blouse. The specific choice depends on the detail that turned out to be great.

To fix the cut, you can:

• refer the item to a professional tailor (in a studio, a private seamstress);
• get started on your own.

But you can do without it if you get down to business yourself. First you need to determine what exactly needs to be done to solve the problem.

To reduce the size of the blouse, use the following work options.

• Deepen the front, back darts (on the chest, at the waist).
• The side seams are sutured.
• Reduce in the side seams, in the seam of the back shelf of the back.
• Shoulder seams are sutured.
• Reduce the sleeve if it is too big.
• Tighten, drape excess material.
• Rearrange, alter buttons.
• Wash at a certain temperature, taking into account the quality of the fabric.
• Dried using a special method.

Before starting work, it is necessary to select and prepare the necessary tools and materials.

• a set of needles of different sizes
• threads (different numbers and colors. Suitable ones are chosen from them, depending on the structure and color of the fabric);
• scissors (large, small and medium);
• pins;
• thimbles (to protect the pads of the fingers);
• various accessories (buttons, decorative brooches, buckles);
• crayons;
• sewing machine;
• iron and ironing board.

• patterns;
• cardboard (thick paper);
• measuring tape;
• box with wax (for waxing the thread);
• needle threader;
• cutter (special copy roller for marks on the material);
• copy paper (for transferring the drawing);
• transparent ruler template;
• overlock.

After dampening, the fabric will shrink and the blouse will become smaller. This is done with a product that needs to be reduced by 1 size.

Important: It is necessary to pay attention to the quality and structure of the fabric. For example, to prevent the jersey from stretching, it should not be hung when drying.

The darts are made so that the product fits the figure. Begin to lay from the side seam, slightly below the level of the armpit. The top point should be where the shape is most convex. They are sharpened on the parts from the inside out, after cutting. The line must end at the top point.

• Measure the product, volume.
• Calculate how much fabric is superfluous.
• Subtract 2-3 cm for a loose fit.
• Divide the rest in half.
• Set aside a few cm for inner, side seams.
• Draw lines from the armhole to the bottom of the garment.
• Baste.
• Fitting.
• Repeat the procedure if the blouse does not fit well, the excess has been removed a little.
• Sew along the outline, backing off by 1-2 mm.
• Take out the outline, fasten at the end of the seams.
• Iron them.

Attention: If you always use a pattern, a pattern, this will help to avoid big troubles when changing clothes. They work in the same way as in Method 2, but they also reduce the volume of the back:

They work in the same way as in Method 2, but they also reduce the volume of the back:

• The excess is calculated.
• Leave centimeters for an allowance so that the fabric can easily lay down.
• Remove excess fabric.
• Make a rough outline.
• Scribble, after pulling out the extra thread.

To reduce shoulder seams, you need to:

• rip them up;
• take measurements;
• build a drawing;
• cut out the pattern;
• cut off the material according to the pattern, leaving a few cm for the seams, shrinkage;
• outline manually;
• skip over.

Reduce along the sleeve as follows:

• They plan how much to cut, starting from the sleeve and going down to the bottom.
• Draw a cutting line with chalk.
• If necessary, prepare a pattern.
• Remove excess material.
• Stitching taking into account the seam allowance.

The fabric is draped.

• The excess is not cut off, but laid inside.
• The laid-back material is pulled together (with a button, decorative pin, buckle, brooch. You can stab with several buttons in a row. Add eyelets).

Sometimes it is enough to rearrange the buttons a little further, and the thing will look good, will fit the figure.

Have you already understood which method is the most suitable for you? Get started and have fun wearing your blouse!

Happy rework!

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What to do if jeans at the waist are large

To sew jeans at the waist, you can look after a few life hacks for yourself.

But before starting work, it is important to understand how much smaller the product should be. To do this, you can use the table, which indicates the values ​​in centimeters.

In addition, determining how much excess fabric in the waist will need to be removed is easy and with the help of a regular centimeter ruler. The main thing to remember is that so that the finished thing does not become cramped, you need to leave a few centimeters for allowances.

The easiest way is when you need to sew jeans in the waist for 1 - 2 sizes.If you have to remove 3 or more, then the product will have to be cut again. In this case, before starting work, you should evaluate your own capabilities, since you cannot do without sewing skills. The needlewoman will have to reduce trousers not only in the waist area, but also on the hips and groin.

The first thing you need to do is to “dissolve” the thing as carefully as possible with a blade or a special ripper. To do this, the belt is stripped from the back, then the seams of the seat and the step ones, reaching the hip line

The next step is to clean the threads around the edges and iron the product.

Then you can begin to outline the following points, which are fixed along the width of the back:

1. Belts, taking into account the measurement of the waist.
2. Along the line of the thighs.
3. On a stepping line.

The resulting points need to be connected with a line that can be drawn with chalk or a piece of soap. Place temporary stitches along the marked area. Fitting. If no flaws are found, you can grind jeans along all cuts.

The final step is to sew in the belt by straightening and stitching it to the resulting edge, which is located at the seam of the seat.

How to make a jacket one size smaller

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The need to sew a jacket appears quite often. The reasons may vary. Preparing for the autumn-winter season, you may find that last year's item was too small or, on the contrary, a size larger.

Sometimes the volume of the jacket ceases to correspond to fashion trends, although the condition of the thing allows it to be worn for more than one year.

A similar problem often arises when buying a new thing you like that does not match the desired size. The solution may be to contact an outerwear repair shop, but this takes time and material costs. A cheaper way is to rework the thing yourself.

At the same time, if you do not have the appropriate skills, then it is better to give the item to the "Mobile Tailor" studio, whose specialists will do everything as efficiently as possible.

How to sew a shirt with your own hands?

If the purchased men's or women's shirt turned out to be large, do not rush to throw it away or redid it, because it can be easily stitched. You can give too large a thing to a special atelier and entrust the work to professionals. If you yourself are good at sewing, then you should try to sew it at home on your own. This way you can save a lot of time and money. On average, it costs about 500 rubles to sew a shirt with the help of a studio.

To properly tuck your shirt at home, you will need:

First of all, you need to turn the shirt out to the wrong side, and then put it on the future owner. With the help of pins, you need to pin the fabric so that the shirt fits perfectly. To do this, it is recommended to fasten the side seams and sleeves, as well as slightly raise the shoulder line.

Next, you need to take off your shirt as carefully as possible, since all the pins can fall out and the previous step will be useless

Then you need to carefully put your clothes on the table and find out how many centimeters and where you pinned. In the event that completely different results are obtained on different sides of the shirt, you need to calculate the average between them, it is this that will tell you how many centimeters you need to sew the shirt

It is best to write down all measurements on a pre-prepared sheet of paper.

How to sew, narrow flared jeans at the legs, from straight to narrow

Now the trend is heavily tapered trousers, and flared and wide straight models are outdated. It is difficult to convert a wide bell bottom into very tight trousers. Different cut does not lead to good results.

It is better to remove only 4-5 cm:

1. Open the doorways.
2. On the wrong side of the outer and crotch seams, lay basting with pins.
3. Draw the lines of the seams.
4. Trim excess fabric.
5. Sweep seams and try on trousers.
6. Sew the seams, overcast their edges.

You can use old tight pants with a good fit as patterns.On wide trousers, turned inside out, pin the "correct" model, and then outline the lines along its contours.

Flared trousers taper from the knees, and straight trousers along the entire length.

The advice of experienced craftsmen will help to prevent mistakes when sewing at home:

1. Before starting work, wash, dry and iron the product.
2. Do not rip open the thick crotch seam as it will be difficult to sew up.
3. Take your time to trim excess material.
4. Do not save time on additional fittings.
5. For denim, choose special threads or regular thick ones.
6. Sew the connecting seams with two stitching stitches at the end.
7. Thread 2 threads of the same color into the upper needle for a tight finishing stitch.
8. It is advisable to do basting with pins together with an assistant.
9. Do not tinker with oversized trousers. We'll have to rip open all the seams and reshape according to other patterns.

Secrets on how to visually hide the fact that a shirt is great

If there is no way to somehow sew a shirt or contact a specialist, then you can visually reduce it. There are many options to hide the large size of the product:

• For example, you can wear shirts with different jackets, blazers, or coats.
• The product can be hidden by wearing an office sweater on top.
• You can also tuck the item into your pants or roll up your sleeves. The result is a casual style.

It is necessary to remember about proper care of things after suturing. If a sewing machine was used, then the washing of the products is the same as before all the manipulations. But if the work was done by hand, then it is better to end the washing in the machine, since the seams will be less strong, they may fluff or shine. We recommend using only gentle care products such as liquid powders and conditioners. Rinse things until the water is completely clear. The optimum water temperature should not exceed 30-40 degrees. If not very high-quality threads were used for work, then drying things in the sun is not advisable. The threads can become very dry and brittle. Otherwise, you must adhere to the instructions on the product label.

Result before and after

The process of suturing a shirt at home is very simple. The only thing that is needed is to correctly mark the cut of the fabric, so as not to accidentally remove the excess. Before starting work, it is recommended to watch several video tutorials on how to properly suture things.