Alterations: The Seams Easy Way (New Edition) - Susan Martinek

\n \nDo you have sewing knowledge, but find yourself nervous about attempting alterations? Have you done some alterations with less-than-successful results?\n \nLearn effective alteration methods that work from Susan Martinek, who brings twenty-eight years of experience with her Seams Easy alteration shop. Alterations the Seams Easy Way includes one hundred illustrations that provide business tips, common alterations, fitting tips, and pressing tips. Each type of alteration is explained in detail.\n \nSlacks alterations, including length adjustment on both plain bottom and cuffs, waist and thigh adjustments\n \nJeans alterations, including shortening, methods for reattaching the original hem, taking the waist and seat in, working with belt loops, tapering, front pocket replacement, and patches\n \nShirt alterations, including shortening sleeves, tapering at sides, narrowing blouse shoulders, changing t-shirt necklines, and shortening t-shirt hemlines\n \nSuit jacket alterations, including shortening sleeves, lengthening coat sleeves, and taking jacket sides in\n \nZipper replacements in coats, jeans, coat liners, unlined fleece jackets or sweatshirts, and invisible zipper directions, along with how to shorten a zipper. All of this and more makes Alterations the Seams Easy Way an excellent guide for anyone interested in making alterations.\n