How to make dress fit better

Don't throw out the baggy dress that's been hiding in the back of your closet! Take in the waist to improve the fit and you'll feel like you've got a brand new dress. You can pin excess fabric along the side seams down to the waist. This...

The truth is, learning how to make a dress bigger usually involves just some basic sewing skills. When people think about altering a dress, they usually think it means making it smaller, but as you can see, this isn’t always the case.

How often do you find yourself stuck wearing the same outfits? Struggling with what to buy or what to wear? Or, randomly buying different pieces only to wear them once, the same way, or never even take the tags off? If picking out your outfit is more of a headache and figuring out your style i

Do you have a dress that fits too loose? This is the easiest solution ever!The best part? No sewing needed. Duh!All you need for this is a dress, piece of strin…

I’m at Joann Fabric looking at the new pattern catalogs - Vogue, McCalls, Simplicity. So many interesting new patterns! I love them all, really. But I know not all of them will be suitable for my body type, which is far from a model’s. I am petite (so I guess one third of these patterns go right out the window), my top is one size smaller than my bottom (so I need both sizes included in the envelope, which doesn't always happen), and I really need dresses that hide a belly bulge (how did…

Learn how to add back darts to dress for a better fit! This alteration is great to make your dresses fit better and add shaping in the back.

Learn how to engineer stability into all sorts of fitted garments with this couture technique.

Measuring the body is one of the most important things when making clothing. If you measure wrong or don’t measure at all chances are your item will not fit correctly. Below is a guide that…