Basic Tailoring Workshop

Basic Tailoring

By the Hoyden Academy

Workshop Description:  Learn to adjust and fit clothing to fit your body.  This workshop is informational and will not be hands on.  Even so, if you want to bring clothes you have with Tailoring issues, we can spend some time at the end of the workshop troubleshooting.

Materials(Not provided by workshop):

Pins

Tailor’s chalk or pencils/markers

Measuring tape

Scissors

Elastic

Ribbons

Dress Form

Needle and Thread or Sewing Machine.

Clothes to Practice on:

Oversized Shirt

Oversized Skirt

Oversized Pants

Links to online Lessons and Tutorials:

Fitting:

Tailoring an Oversized shirt to fit your body:  http://www.chic-steals.com/2010/09/how-refit-buttondown-shirtto-your-size-fitting.html

Video Tutorial on tailoring a men’s shirt:  https://youtu.be/vcDRcgDYVlQ

Taking in an Oversized Pair of Pants:

http://www.learning-alterations.com/Take-in-Waist.html

Video Tutorial on tailoring oversized trousers: https://youtu.be/Uu8ayTWQzRM

Hems:

How to Hem Dress Pants:  http://www.manmadediy.com/users/dan_e_t/posts/2630-the-diy-tailor-how-to-hem-dress-pants-like-a-pro

Video tutorial on how to hem pants:  https://youtu.be/vXBZxPIYP04

How to Hem a Dress or Skirt:

Shortening a Straight hem on a Skirt:  https://youtu.be/ZHZQLtI4hHk

Hemming a Circle or Curved Hem:  http://so-sew-easy.com/wide-hem-facing-circle-skirt/

Darts:

How to Put a Dart in a Waistband:  http://whatthecraft.com/technique-tutorial-darts/

How to Add Vertical Darts to an Oversized Shirt to Fit Your Curves:  https://youtu.be/kSW9BHkQ28s

How to Add Diagonal Darts to an Oversized Shirt to Fit Your Curves:

http://www.mesewcrazy.com/2014/02/how-to-add-a-side-dart-for-proper-fit.html

Making Clothes Bigger:

Adding Fabric:

Adding Fabric to the Side of a Shirt to Make it Bigger:  http://www.crafterhoursblog.com/2009/11/side-panel-shirt-refashion-tutorial_16.html

Adding Fabric to the Back of a Shirt to Make it Bigger:

http://www.melmariadesigns.com/diy-anthropologie-inspired-top/

Pleats:

How to Sew Box Pleats:  http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2013/10/how-to-sew-pleats/

Even More Kinds of Pleats and How to Use Them:  http://www.sew4home.com/tips-resources/sewing-tips-tricks/how-make-box-pleat-standard-and-inverted

Adding Pleats Under a Bust to Fit Your Curves: http://diymaternity.com/tops/maternity-top-tutorial-with-jenn-of-a-jennuine-life/

More Advanced Techniques:

More Hemming Instructions for Different Types of Hems:  http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2014/12/how-to-hem-skirts-and-pants/

More Types of Darts and How to Sew Them:  https://blog.colettehq.com/tutorials/tutorial-sewing-darts