Trousers, skirts, fitted dresses: all of them do the same thing. A few centimetres below the waistband at centre back there is a horizontal fold of excess fabric that will not press out and is not there when I hold the…
Cotton lycra jersey, walking foot, stitch length 3.5, and the hem comes out with a gentle wave. Pressing flattens it for about an hour and then it returns. I've tried lengthening the stitch to 4 and reducing presser…
Same pattern three times, three fabrics, and every version has creases running from the front armhole down toward the bust apex, worse when I raise my arms. I cut the size matching my full bust measurement and the…
Everything I make fits well at the front and does something odd between the shoulder blades that I can only see in photos after I have finished. I have no sewing friends, a mirror on a wardrobe door, and I am not…
Charity shop wool blazer, took 3cm total out of each side seam from underarm to hem to lose the boxiness. It looks much better standing still and now I can barely reach forward, the armholes feel a size smaller. I…
It is a secondhand shirt in a fabric I cannot replace and it fits better across the shoulders than anything I have made. I want to understand why, and ideally get that fit into a pattern I already own rather than…
Three pairs of wool trousers from charity shops, all needing the waist taken in about 4cm and the length shortened. A local tailor quoted 45 pounds a pair. I own a machine, I can sew a straight seam, and I have maybe…
On my third toile of a fitted shirt and each one fixes a problem and reveals another. Started too tight across the back, then gaping at the neck, now it's the sleeve. I keep seeing people say they made a pattern…