Altering the bust area on a tank top.

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2 жыл бұрын

Here is the best way to alter the gaps at the bust line on a tank top. When the tank fits across the bust but not at the armholes, arghhh.
I recently redid this video because it was a little dark hope this version is better.
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@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

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@elainezdollz Жыл бұрын

I now appreciate my mother so much more. She altered all of my clothes from a kid until age 65 when she passed at 97! She begged me to learn how to sew but everyone in the family did it for me. I regret it. I just bought a machine and at age 73 I’m trying to learn. I wish I had her next to me. This video reminded me of her. ❤

@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

Ahhh. Thank you for this. My mom sewed for us too. (But stopped when I learned how!) I have some lil dresses that I treasure, she made them for me and my sister back in the 60s. Good luck with your sewing lessons, let me know if you need some help!

@colleendragonetti7143 2 жыл бұрын

I like this technique so much better that the darts that I have seen in sleeveless blouses that are visible. This is a cleaner, neater look and easy to do! Thank you for another fantastic video!

@FutureFashionDesigners 2 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome. Yes, most people always think about bringing the two sides equally together not thinking the front can be a different shape and size than the back or vice versa.

@sandrahunter1500 Жыл бұрын

Your tutorial seems very interesting. However, I’m having difficulty following along because the fabric is too dark. Would you please consider redoing using lighter color?

@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

Hi Sandra, yeah that's one of my older videos before I knew about the exposure trick on my editing prigram. I redid it here's the link. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ibGZapqq0dS-l2Q.html Thanks for letting me know. Hope this one helps.

@annholmes9650 11 ай бұрын

Sandra hunter, I agree with you hon !

@sheribingham2448 5 ай бұрын

This tutorial was great and you, as a teacher, are adorable!!

@FutureFashionDesigners 5 ай бұрын

Aw, thank you so much! Glad to help anytime!

@ANDCosplay 23 күн бұрын

I know this is an older video, but it was EXACTLY what I was looking for to fix a halter top I'm making. Thank youuu

@FutureFashionDesigners 22 күн бұрын

So glad to help! Hope your halter top works out great 😉

@cschwab2969 2 жыл бұрын

I found found it helpful to start stitching a half inch in from the edge, and backstitch to the bumpy edge, then sew forward… easier to get started and reduces how much thread gets put into the area. Thanks for the idea about realigned side seams.

@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

Glad to help. I use to have an alterations business and have found many ways to fitting problems :)

@jacquelinesmith3450 2 жыл бұрын

I still have that kind of ruler. I forgot why my instructor required the students to get that kind of ruler. I think it’s called grid ruler. You’re right about the cost associated with shop alternations. Learning the techniques is so much more resourceful. Think of all the clothing thrifting that can be done! 😃🙏

@FutureFashionDesigners 2 жыл бұрын

I first discovered the clear ruler in design school long long ago. It's a staple in my tool kit. Here is a video I made last year all about using it. 🙂 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gKuYesKIra_Te2w.html Having sewing skills is so useful, good to get good at it early in life!

@-EmilyGrace- Жыл бұрын

Very helpful! I definitely can't afford $20 tank tops, but I get free clothes from my local Buy Nothing group and want to be able to alter them to fit me well. The arm hole gap issue compiles at least 50% of my "future sewing projects" pile. 😄

@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. The bust gap is one of the most common fit problems. We all come in such different sizes. It's hard for the manufacturers to make a standardize fit. Glad you found the video helpful!

@Petesdaughter2 Жыл бұрын

Good idea!! I like the simplicity of a printed skirt with a solid upscale tank! I am altering clothes constantly for me or someone in my family. Thanks for showing us how you do it! 😊

@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

The benefits of sewing skills 🙂, clothes that fit well!

@pathawkins8953 Жыл бұрын

Way too dark to see. Try a different color tshirt & more lighting closer up. Thanks anyway!

@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

Just figured out how to lighten frames in my editing program. To late for that video, but hope it helps on the future ones.

@lynn858 11 ай бұрын

Sitting here in a pinned tank top, remembering this was in my watch later list. Apparently I was pretty much on the right track with wanting to pull the front in more. Awesome! I feel a lot more confident about going for it now.

@FutureFashionDesigners 11 ай бұрын

So glad to help! Hope your alteration came out successful 😊 I did I repeat of the video with better lighting also. The link is in the description below if you need it.

@lynn858 10 ай бұрын

@@FutureFashionDesigners It worked the second time! The first time it was a cheap rib knit that was losing its strength. It looks better on me than it did, but it's not great, and now I know a bit more about how to assess if an alteration is possible on a garment. Second one, on a top where the fabric had enough structural integrity, it worked great!

@jodyhoward6934 9 ай бұрын

This was awesome. I am new to serging and made a knit tank top with gaping.. couldn’t figure out how to make a dart… didnt want it to point down… your method worked great and was easy! Thank you…. Just subscribed

@FutureFashionDesigners 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Ya, I really don't like darts, always looking for away to avoid them :) Thanks for Subscribing!

@tamiemanning5108 2 ай бұрын

Love your skirts in the back ground.

@FutureFashionDesigners 2 ай бұрын

Ahh, thank you. I have lots of videos on how to make that skirt, free pattern too! Give it a shot!

@FESTIVE1000 Жыл бұрын

I appreciated your demonstration of realigning the front and back seams; however, I could still see the gaping on the upper side seam. Perhaps a side-by-side photo would have shown the difference in the garment before and after the alteration was made.

@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

Hi, yes, that is a good idea. I'm learning more editing techniques and will focus on that one next 😉. This was an older video, I redid it to lighten it up, here's the link if you want to see it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ibGZapqq0dS-l2Q.html Thank you for your comment and it's so nice to know you appreciated it. Thank you's keep us going 🙂

@mariannemartinez2728 11 ай бұрын

Sometimes you have to take a bit from the top of the shoulder seam as well. Sometimes ( depending on the size of the gap) you only need to take it up at the shoulder seam. Has anyone tried tithe shoulder seam method?

@FutureFashionDesigners 11 ай бұрын

Hi, yes, that is another way to do it. All depends on where the gaps are if the gap is higher and more horizontal than you take it up from the shoulder if the gap is lower and a little more vertical than you take it from the side. And sometimes a little of both is what is needed 😊

@schap562 Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness thank you thank you for sharing!!!!😘😘😘

@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome, thank you for your nice comment, glad to help. I redid this video to give it better lighting, here is the link, 😊 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ibGZapqq0dS-l2Q.html

@linda6131 Ай бұрын

Couldn't see what was happening, with the dark thread and matching material.

@FutureFashionDesigners Ай бұрын

Hi Linda, yes that was before I learned how to lighten the exposure on my editing program. I made another video that is lighter. You can check it out here. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ibGZapqq0dS-l2Q.html

@Kindlyone777 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Will you please also include where the stretch stitch is in the machine? I don’t know if I’m saying it right. Anyhow I’m a super newbie but I like to take in my own clothes. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

Do you have your machine instructions? Some machines do not have it. its indicated with 3 dashed lines or a SS

@darknessfierce4209 Жыл бұрын

Zig zag is a stretch

@barbaraferron7994 8 ай бұрын

Q: Which stretch stitch?

@barbaraferron7994 8 ай бұрын

Q: Which side did you make narrower, front or back? There's another thing to make more bust room. Make the front about 2" longer than the back. Stretching the back near the bust. You pick out the entire side length. (If you pick out both needle threads at either end, center thread first, they will pull out in one piece.) Move the front piece up and secure then stretch the back side as you sew it back together. Then cut to the right length.

@FutureFashionDesigners 8 ай бұрын

Humm, sounds complicated, 😕 this way there's basically a busy dart that gets shifted out of the armseye.

@jeaniechampagne8831 Жыл бұрын

I also have to alter all tanks and most tees. Which if fine, trouble, but that's whaI have to. Evidentally my body isn't like most average bodies.

@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

Yes, that's why it's so good to have sewing skills 😊. And when you find a good fitting one, buy them all!

@lynn858 11 ай бұрын

The "average" by mass-manufacture and sewing pattern standards seems to fit almost nobody well, and a lot of people tolerably ok enough. It's not *your* body.

@ag5487 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this helpful but video! Do you have any videos on taking in the side seams of a dress with boning?

@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

Hi, glad that was helpful😊. I do not have any videos on boning🧐 I will definitely put that on my list of videos to make. That's a great idea, didn't think about that one. Thanks😊

@Alaskaddict 2 ай бұрын

I wish you would’ve done this on the olive tank top. It would’ve been much easier to see. And unfortunately, it looks like there’s still a lot of gaping in your shirt after you adjusted it so maybe addressing how to decide how much to take in and when you need to add a dart would be a great topic for another video.

@FutureFashionDesigners 2 ай бұрын

Hi Susan , Yeah, I wish I would have done the olive top first 🙃. This video was made before I figured out how to lighten up the frame. 🤔. So then I made another video with better lighting. Here's the link kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ibGZapqq0dS-l2Q.html That gap was very large, so since fabric is not sheet metal, I was happy that I got it reduced considerably. Darts, I don't like to add because I don't like the look of them, especially on a knit. I did this on about five of my tank tops some came out better than the others.

@Alaskaddict 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the new link. I could see this video so well. And I also like the tip about the quick fix as well. Thank you very much! I will be putting both of these to use because I’m a big tank top person.

@FutureFashionDesigners 2 ай бұрын

@@Alaskaddict Glad that one worked better :) yes, its a pain in more ways than one to have a big bust! Glad we can sew!

@flowersflowers5070 Жыл бұрын

It looks like you could have cut a little more on the arm holes

@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

Hi, ya, could of gotten more out of it. Glad I didn't, it shrunk a bit after I washed it. 🙂

@clestra. 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the instruction. On the other hand, are you related to Julia Roberts, the actress? You look a lot like her, same beautiful face features 😊

@FutureFashionDesigners 9 ай бұрын

Ah, thank you. I get that allot. 🙂 I'm not related to her but I've worked with her brother Eric on a few movies. I've always wanted to costume design a movie she was in. Maybe one day!

@ladyflimflam Жыл бұрын

There is still a lot of gaping in that tank top. It needs a dart.

@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

For me it's better than it was, I took out an inch and a half, which is a lot. I really don't like bust darts, I think they look worse than a little gap, especially a dart in a knit.

@annholmes9650 11 ай бұрын

Shame it is such a dark colour, difficult to see what you are doing.

@FutureFashionDesigners 11 ай бұрын

Yes, that was before I discovered the lighting exposure feature on my editing program. I have redone that video I put the link in the description below. Let me know if it's better for you, hope it helps.

@deletedddddddddd Жыл бұрын

looks the same after....

@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

It takes alot of the gap out, can't get all of it. Fabric over curves will have some gaps.

@marshanotmarcia7433 Жыл бұрын

I love my tanks, but have not sides, but the straps as well. I go up one size, then wash in warm. Sometimes it shrinks, sometimes it don’t. 🤣🫤. Thank You!

@FutureFashionDesigners Жыл бұрын

I know, never know what you're gonna get 🤔 And then they are cut off grain so 1 side fits different than the other. So good to know how to sew!