Taking in a Shirt: Alterations You Can Do Yourself | The Daily Sew

Slimming a Shirt: How to Take in a Shirt | The Daily Sew
One of the basic alteration skills you’ll need is Taking In. Once you know the concept you can use this technique for taking in a shirt, a dress shirt, a dress, and a jacket - and all the sleeve variations that come with them - plus some skirt and pant styles.
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[@spritelygames4838]

Fantastic! Brand new to sewing and was lost on how to do this - thank you for your great explanation :)

[@TheDailySew]

thank you! I'm glad it helped

[@fritzferrante]

Thanks for the "after" shots. It's nice to see that with modest work how much better that fits.

[@TheDailySew]

now you're going to be fitting all your shirts ;-)

[@jennymcdonell3691]

Always enjoy your videos

[@TheDailySew]

thank you

[@camilaquebec6222]

3:49 exactly what I was thinking!
A bit of too much work 😅
But really helpful for shirts that fit right on the shoulders.
Thank you

[@TheDailySew]

Yeah - All that work can be done but... I guess if the shirt is extra special to you it would be worth it IMO

[@kuiliu-w6c]

That's wrong way

[@TheDailySew]

Please explain how you would go about this alteration. We all want to learn the best way