Clothes on the modern market are made without complying with size and quality standards. By focusing on the choice of external decoration and decoration, the ideal fit of size in the figure fades into the background.
After trying on a new item at home, the question arises about altering it and adjusting it to fit your figure. It is always possible to resize a blouse that is a little large. Remaking it usually takes several hours.
Materials and tools that will be needed for work
To alter a blouse to fit your figure, you will need several sewing tools:
- sewing machine;
- threads;
- pattern;
- chalk, needles (pins);
- scissors.
Before starting work, you should familiarize yourself in detail with the material of the blouse. Woolen products can shrink when washed, so first carry out this manipulation.
Maybe you won't need to change it. Materials that are not subject to shrinkage can be reduced by unraveling the sleeve and subsequent stitching.
A cotton blouse can be simply washed at 60°.Next, use the drying function and iron the product. Trying will show compliance with the desired parameters. Cotton items shrink when ironed in steam mode.
Denim products shrink as they wear them. 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. A polyester jacket will shrink in cold water.
For those who can easily handle a sewing machine, altering or sewing is an option for making any product smaller.
What parts of the blouse will have to be altered in order to reduce its size (side seam, darts, altering buttons)
Depending on the reason for the reduction of the blouse, there are several options for sewing operations:
- Making the blouse smaller by changing the side seam. To do this, you need to mark the place of the ear by hand and measure it. If all dimensions are perfect, we proceed to the final operation on the sewing machine.
- The size of the fabric product can be reduced by darts. Two sizes can easily be altered.
- If the items have buttons, the process of finding where to sew them is simplified. To reduce the size of a blouse, you only need to alter the row with buttons.
Options for making your blouse size smaller
It is very easy to get rid of extra centimeters in a blouse. The details of the closure depend on whether the product is one-piece or not.
How to sew a blouse along the side seam
Sewing a blouse along the side seam is done step by step and in strict sequence:
- sewing can be done by removing 2 cm from each side;
- to fit the sleeve it is evaporated;
- then the armhole deepens on the front and then on the back;
- the sleeves are sewn into the blouse;
- We also turn the length by two centimeters.
Due to darts or additional tucks on the back
To make a blouse look completely perfect on your figure, you need to have good sewing and clothing design skills. It's great if you know how to work with darts. To improve blouses, you can use additional tucks in the back area.
When is it better to entrust the rework to a professional?
Skilled craftswomen independently handle any detail of sewing a standard garment. For them, a blouse is an easy material to work with due to several simple operations with a needle and a sewing machine.
If you don’t have firm confidence in your skills, then to guarantee results without throwing things away, it’s better to turn to professionals. They will do all the work quickly and efficiently.
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