Wow! Looks like you guy really liked this video, thank you so much for watching and for the comments. Keep the comments coming, I love responding to them...Happy Sewing!
Great tutorial, so refreshing to have someone describe what they are doing clearly and without the waffle and background music you get on so many videos, looking forward to checking out your other tutorials, new fan, thank you. x
I knew how to do this but hadn't done it in a long time and needed a refresher. Your explanation and visual are both very well explained and shown and NOT (as many videos are) too long winded without getting to the point. You told it as it needed to be at each stage and explained it very well. I now am confident I can do this!
You have a beautiful smile! ❤️ And are a natural teacher! I’m not great at sewing, but I believe I could do that! There’s been many times, where I’ve seen something I like, but it’s been too small, and as I hate long sleeves, I’d be happy to cut them off! So thanks for the tutorial! 😊🇬🇧
Thank you for your tutorial. You're very concise. I appreciate your time and willingness to share your skills. I'm usually slow at learning but you are a very good teacher and made it easy.
Yes. This is fantastic to use the sleeves. I am now needing to alter granddaughter’s dress 3x to expand bust area. Will use black poly knit for diamond shaped godet from waist to elbow of the sleeve on Walmart green/black plaid dress. Im thrilled this can be sized up !!!
Thank you Niler! I just bought a really pretty top from the thrift store recently, and once I tried it on, I discovered I'd like it to be a little larger. So I can see that I need to insert a gusset. However, my shirt is already short sleeved, so there is no extra fabric to work with. The fabric is a polyester peach color with some little white shapes all over. I'm thinking I can get some similar fabric in plain white and insert a gusset. I realize you made this video 4 years ago and probably won't see this comment. I did enjoy how you explained everything and had no annoying music in the background. Thanks for this content!
I agree. Finding a white fabric to add your gusset should work just fine. I would make the gusset longer (bring it higher to the under arm). This will help it to look like it was part of the top design. Let me know how it turns out. Happy Sewing!
This is so helpful! I really like your straightforward approach and realistic technique of sewing tips. I bought a pretty cotton tunic from a yard sale that's too tight across the chest and this tutorial has moved my butt into gear to tackle this project! Thank you!
Miler I’m new to your channel I have lots of clothes left over from my husband passing away T-shirt every where. Some way small and some way BIG THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH ME YOUR AMAZING.
I’m so glad I found you. I have watched many videos on how to do this but still couldn’t fully grasp it, after watching your fantastic video I now feel confident enough to try. You explain it so clearly and precisely, thank you.
TYSM for sharing this video. It's really helpful how you showed us the way to sew the top part of the gusset in. That's always been trouble for me. 😍❣️😻
Hi Niler I wanted to give you a❤ and two 👍🏻👍🏻your presentation was beautiful. I'm doing a t shirt also from a smaller t shirt to a larger one.I wish I had material left from my t shirt to stay with the same color but I'm adding black to my army green one.Thank you for your wonderful presentation again God bless stay safe.
Thank you. Great video. I refused to purchase new workout tops and this video was just what I was looking for...its a new top now. Yay me. Thanks again. I enjoyed your video. Namaste.
Love the interfacing idea. Just about to add a gusset to my (silk) polyester shirt. The gussets will be made from the tie backs of the shirt. Thanks for the tips.
Great help. A friend asked me to do two inserts for her on a top that was snug around the middle and bottom. It doesn’t have long sleeves, so we bought a different fabric insert. Hope I can make it work! Thanks!
Thank you so much for the tutorial, I have been gaining weight and my work shirts are getting too small. Thanks to you I won't feel unprofessional and dumpy.
You made it look easy to do with your concise explanation. It gave me confidence to make the adjustment on one of my blouses. My problem now is how to do it with a 'netting' type of material. I thought maybe I'd have to use interfacing on the pieces I want to make the stitches. Any suggestions? Thank you.
If the netting material is see through, your seams will show. I suggest triming the seams thin and finishing the edges of the seam. ruclips.net/video/67vEk4zsJg8/видео.html
Good to see you are up and about. I've done this before, my husband calls it my bowling shirts cuz at times I've had to use other fabric since the blouse had short sleeves. Your tips helped alot, now my "bowling" shirts/blouses will look better.
Cool! Thanks Super Z. Yes, I am up an about. This last surgery put me down longer than I had expected. I'm good now. Thanks for the nice comment and for thinking about me! I use to love to bowl, but my body won't let me do it like I did upteen years ago! LOL. I love watching others bowl as well as the association with my friends. I'm sure you will be the best dressed bowler there! SMILE Thanks for watching and for your comment!
Thank you so much! The instruction was very clear and the interfacing tip was a bonus! I recently bought a shirt online from one of my favorite podcasts and it ran too small. Trying this will guarantee I will be able to wear it!
I loved your interface tip..i looked for ideas to do that to my shirts and didn't find nobody that explained as well as you do. Thank you i will follow your method.👍
Brilliant thanks. I’m an absolute beginner and need to do this to a top I bought. I don’t like it because it is a straight top. I’m going to give this a go, thank you.
I LOVE this tutorial, Niler! Such a smart way to fix a top that is too tight. I used your technique on my favorite polo shirt that was too tight. (Thought I'd have to give it away.) Beyond happy with the results! I get to keep on wearing it and it actually fits now! Thank you :)
Aaawwhhh...cool beanz! You'll have to send me a picture via facebook, I'd love to see the results. Glad you were able to "save" the shirt. Happy Sewing!
This tutorial is saving me as a beginner! I need to add gussets to an old shirt I made for the Renaissance Faire years ago that no longer fits me properly, and this is perfect!
I watched this video yesterday and I needed what you taught in this video today. I used a Burda pattern and made 5 different shirts they all turned out great. So I bought another Burda pattern used the same size and it was way to small so I cut extra material for each side and it has taken me all day but I have finally got it. I’m not a seamstress and I would have trashed it if it hadn’t been for what you showed. Thank you for posting this.
Love this. My niece bought the whole family christmas Pj's to wear on Christmas eve. The family all gets together. My top was to small i was sad that i wouldn't match every one exactly. However thanks you this tutorial i can. Thank you so much. Merry Christmas
i watched a few videos on this topic. this is the best one i could find. great instruction! thank you! i need to expand a uniform top because i'm only issued one every 2 years.
So happy I found your tutorial. Bought a shirt online but it’s a tiny bit snug. It’s not knit, but I figured I could add gussets and it would fit better. Can’t wait to try it.
Thanks so much for this! Very easy to follow and I used it on a vintage Hawaiian dress that was size medium to make it more A line and bigger. It was ankle length so I cut to to come just to the knee and used the scrap fabric to make the gussett.
Great video! My top is too tight through the armpits and bust, but then flares out towards the bottom. I'm hoping I can insert gussets shaped like upside down long narrow triangles, where the gussets are wider at the armpits and bust than at the bottom.
I just found you and I am so delighted! You were very informative and you showed the detail very clearly. What a lovely job of using the sleeve to add your gusset! I always need more room just at the hip, not at the waist, so can I do a gusset not going all the way up? I usually need to cut off my length of shirt, so I can use that cut fabric for a small gusset. Just wondered what you think?
Looks great! Thank you for sharing. I need to make sleeves wider on a top (the sleeves are a bit too tight for my liking but the body part fits ok, do you have a video for this?
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Wow! Looks like you guy really liked this video, thank you so much for watching and for the comments. Keep the comments coming, I love responding to them...Happy Sewing!
I knew WHAT I needed to do, now I know HOW to do it!! Thank you SO much!
You are so welcome Marty. I'm so happy that my video was helpful for you...Happy Sewing!
My daughter-in-law is pregnant and I was thinking something like this could extend her wardrobe. So glad I found your tutorial. Thank you!
Kool Beanz! You are so welcome.
Great tutorial, so refreshing to have someone describe what they are doing clearly and without the waffle and background music you get on so many videos, looking forward to checking out your other tutorials, new fan, thank you. x
Thank you for taking the time to show step by step how it's done. Very clear instructions. I'm your fan. See you next time, from USA, in Maine.
oh that awful music people put!! An it's always the same ones, 😆
I knew how to do this but hadn't done it in a long time and needed a refresher. Your explanation and visual are both very well explained and shown and NOT (as many videos are) too long winded without getting to the point. You told it as it needed to be at each stage and explained it very well. I now am confident I can do this!
Thank you. This was a very good tutorial. I hope my shirt turns out as nice as yours.
I'm sure it will. Happy Sewing!
Thank you from a beginner! This is by far the clearest and simplest video I have seen for upsizing with side panels.
You have a beautiful smile! ❤️ And are a natural teacher! I’m not great at sewing, but I believe I could do that! There’s been many times, where I’ve seen something I like, but it’s been too small, and as I hate long sleeves, I’d be happy to cut them off! So thanks for the tutorial! 😊🇬🇧
You are so welcome. Thanks for the nice compliment and for watching.
First time I am watching your video. You are easy to follow and understand. Glad I discovered you.
Thank you for the nice comment.
Thank you for your tutorial. You're very concise. I appreciate your time and willingness to share your skills. I'm usually slow at learning but you are a very good teacher and made it easy.
Thank you for the nice comment.
Thank you for the quick and to the point instructions. Learned how to reuse the sleeves instead of another shirt. YOU ROCK!
Yes. This is fantastic to use the sleeves. I am now needing to alter granddaughter’s dress 3x to expand bust area. Will use black poly knit for diamond shaped godet from waist to elbow of the sleeve on Walmart green/black plaid dress. Im thrilled this can be sized up !!!
Thank you Niler! I just bought a really pretty top from the thrift store recently, and once I tried it on, I discovered I'd like it to be a little larger. So I can see that I need to insert a gusset. However, my shirt is already short sleeved, so there is no extra fabric to work with. The fabric is a polyester peach color with some little white shapes all over. I'm thinking I can get some similar fabric in plain white and insert a gusset. I realize you made this video 4 years ago and probably won't see this comment. I did enjoy how you explained everything and had no annoying music in the background. Thanks for this content!
I agree. Finding a white fabric to add your gusset should work just fine. I would make the gusset longer (bring it higher to the under arm). This will help it to look like it was part of the top design. Let me know how it turns out. Happy Sewing!
Loved that you used the sleeves! Great video!
Brilliant adjustment! I've passed up buying too-small great deal shirts. But now I won't have to! Thanks.
Best tutorial on this subject. So simple and straightforward. I love it! Thank you so much!
Shirt is lovely! Love your idea of using long sleeves to add to side no inconsistency in color!
Very helpful video, after searching so many videos. Thank you. Very clear explanation and demonstration.
Fantastic tutorial.. I especially like how you added interfacing before sewing the sleeve hem. Thank you.
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.
Thank you! I just cut the sleeves off a shirt to do this and then found myself stumped, hope it turns out as nice as yours!
This is so helpful! I really like your straightforward approach and realistic technique of sewing tips. I bought a pretty cotton tunic from a yard sale that's too tight across the chest and this tutorial has moved my butt into gear to tackle this project! Thank you!
You are so welcome. Thanks for watching.
Miler I’m new to your channel
I have lots of clothes left over from my husband passing away T-shirt every where.
Some way small and some way BIG
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH ME
YOUR AMAZING.
I’m so glad I found you. I have watched many videos on how to do this but still couldn’t fully grasp it, after watching your fantastic video I now feel confident enough to try. You explain it so clearly and precisely, thank you.
Thank you so much for the nice comment.
TYSM for sharing this video. It's really helpful how you showed us the way to sew the top part of the gusset in. That's always been trouble for me. 😍❣️😻
You are so welcome!
Solch eine Anleitung suche ich schon lange. Super erklärt. Dankeschön :)
Just subscribed to your channel. Very careful explanations. Thanks so much.
Thank you Tonya...Happy Sewing!
Wow, what a huge difference, looks amazing. Love he interfacing tip!!
Thank you! I'm going to try this on a t-shirt as well and I'll show the video on how I do it. Thanks for watching and for the nice comment.
Hi Niler I wanted to give you a❤ and two 👍🏻👍🏻your presentation was beautiful. I'm doing a t shirt also from a smaller t shirt to a larger one.I wish I had material left from my t shirt to stay with the same color but I'm adding black to my army green one.Thank you for your wonderful presentation again God bless stay safe.
Thank you. Great video. I refused to purchase new workout tops and this video was just what I was looking for...its a new top now. Yay me. Thanks again. I enjoyed your video. Namaste.
You're so welcome!
I get it! You are very good at teaching this how-to. I’ve watched many of these on other sites.. this is the best!
Wow, thank you!
Excellent tutorial! You explain it so well! I like that you pin, pin, pin!! The finished top looks great!
Thanks so much!
Love how you explain things - right to the point and easy to understand - thank you! 🥰
It never fails, always something to learn from you!👍
LOL, thank you!
Love the interfacing idea. Just about to add a gusset to my (silk) polyester shirt. The gussets will be made from the tie backs of the shirt. Thanks for the tips.
You are so welcome.
Outstanding tutorial‼️ Talk about a game changer😱🙌
Kool Beanz!
Great help. A friend asked me to do two inserts for her on a top that was snug around the middle and bottom. It doesn’t have long sleeves, so we bought a different fabric insert. Hope I can make it work! Thanks!
Thank you so much for the tutorial, I have been gaining weight and my work shirts are getting too small. Thanks to you I won't feel unprofessional and dumpy.
This is a lifesaver. It’s exactly what I wanted to know after trying unsuccessfully to alter a top. I’m going to try it. Thanks!
You made it look easy to do with your concise explanation. It gave me confidence to make the adjustment on one of my blouses. My problem now is how to do it with a 'netting' type of material. I thought maybe I'd have to use interfacing on the pieces I want to make the stitches. Any suggestions? Thank you.
If the netting material is see through, your seams will show. I suggest triming the seams thin and finishing the edges of the seam.
ruclips.net/video/67vEk4zsJg8/видео.html
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this. It was just the tutorial I was looking for!
You're welcome.
Good to see you are up and about. I've done this before, my husband calls it my bowling shirts cuz at times I've had to use other fabric since the blouse had short sleeves. Your tips helped alot, now my "bowling" shirts/blouses will look better.
Cool! Thanks Super Z. Yes, I am up an about. This last surgery put me down longer than I had expected. I'm good now. Thanks for the nice comment and for thinking about me! I use to love to bowl, but my body won't let me do it like I did upteen years ago! LOL. I love watching others bowl as well as the association with my friends. I'm sure you will be the best dressed bowler there! SMILE Thanks for watching and for your comment!
Thank you so much! The instruction was very clear and the interfacing tip was a bonus! I recently bought a shirt online from one of my favorite podcasts and it ran too small. Trying this will guarantee I will be able to wear it!
Wow. What a bargain! Turned out cute!
Thank you!
Thank you for generously sharing!!
You are so welcome!
Excellent job and information easy to follow!
Thank you for the nice comment.
I loved your interface tip..i looked for ideas to do that to my shirts and didn't find nobody that explained as well as you do. Thank you i will follow your method.👍
Nice work! I like the interfacing on the sleeves. Nice touch.
A super tutorial, thank you. If you are not a needlecraft tutor, you should be.
Brilliant thanks. I’m an absolute beginner and need to do this to a top I bought. I don’t like it because it is a straight top. I’m going to give this a go, thank you.
Cool Lori. i hope you love it as much as i did.. Thanks for watching!
Thank you! I really like the interfacing trick since I've struggled with the rolling hems on knits.
Yes, Annemarie; don't they just annoy you! I'm glad my tip was helpful for you.
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I LOVE this tutorial, Niler! Such a smart way to fix a top that is too tight. I used your technique on my favorite polo shirt that was too tight. (Thought I'd have to give it away.) Beyond happy with the results! I get to keep on wearing it and it actually fits now! Thank you :)
Aaawwhhh...cool beanz! You'll have to send me a picture via facebook, I'd love to see the results. Glad you were able to "save" the shirt. Happy Sewing!
Great video and tips on the sleeve finishing! Thank you
Congratulations for the great and easy explanation!!! Girl you rock!!!
This tutorial is saving me as a beginner! I need to add gussets to an old shirt I made for the Renaissance Faire years ago that no longer fits me properly, and this is perfect!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for a great video. Now I have the confidence to try this myself. Cutting side seams out right now!
Thankyou this is exactly what ive been looking for !!
Kool Beanz!
I watched this video yesterday and I needed what you taught in this video today. I used a Burda pattern and made 5 different shirts they all turned out great. So I bought another Burda pattern used the same size and it was way to small so I cut extra material for each side and it has taken me all day but I have finally got it. I’m not a seamstress and I would have trashed it if it hadn’t been for what you showed. Thank you for posting this.
Aaawwhhh...I'm so glad my video helped you save your garment!
Great idea, repurpose and reuse. If you mess up you haven't lost much. Great video
You are so right Karin. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
You are so very talented ! ! Just love your tips and tricks!!! Thank you!!
Aaawwwhhh...thank you Dee, what a nice comment!
Love this. My niece bought the whole family christmas Pj's to wear on Christmas eve. The family all gets together. My top was to small i was sad that i wouldn't match every one exactly. However thanks you this tutorial i can. Thank you so much. Merry Christmas
Thanks for sharing!!
That was very nice,thank you for showing us the right way to do it 😍😍
You are so welcome.
Thank you for this Tut. You are always doing just what I need help with.
Aaawwwhhh...thanks for the nice comment.
Perfect! Can't wait to try it! Hope my turns out as well as your. Thank you!
i watched a few videos on this topic. this is the best one i could find. great instruction! thank you! i need to expand a uniform top because i'm only issued one every 2 years.
Awesome, thank you!
Exactly what I have been looking for! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching.
This is so helpful. I out grew some of my scrub tops and im gonna do this very thing to make them bigger so i can still use them.
love your videos, you get right to it. I'm grateful for that!
I appreciate that! Thanks for the nice comment.
Thank you! This video helps so much. Now back to the sewing machine...
This is amazing! You can barely notice it! I made a pullover tunic but it was too small on the sides, so im going to use this! Thank you!!
Yes, it saves clothes that are too small.
So happy I found your tutorial. Bought a shirt online but it’s a tiny bit snug. It’s not knit, but I figured I could add gussets and it would fit better. Can’t wait to try it.
Try a nice knit godet. I had purchased a top, had woven with vertical knit side inserts. This felt really good wearing
I’ve actually needed this a few times.
Cool, glad my video was helpful.
I used your video to widen a shirt I almost got rid of and it looks great! Thank you!!!
Just the video I needed! Thanks for explaining it so well!
You are so talented!
Great demonstration 👍🏼👍🏼
Wow. Thanks so much. I learned something very easy and useful. There has been tops I wanted to keep but were too small. Now this help me keep them.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for this video, I,ve been looking for a way to use my too snug tee shirts.
Excellent tutorial! Thank you! 🦋
Great tutorial thank you 🙏🏾
You’re welcome 😊
Beautiful.
Thank you!
Thanks so much for this! Very easy to follow and I used it on a vintage Hawaiian dress that was size medium to make it more A line and bigger. It was ankle length so I cut to to come just to the knee and used the scrap fabric to make the gussett.
Wonderful!
Thank you so much. This was a great and very helpful tutorial.
You are so welcome, thanks for watching…Happy Sewing!
Nice job! I plan to give it a try. Thanks!
Great video! My top is too tight through the armpits and bust, but then flares out towards the bottom. I'm hoping I can insert gussets shaped like upside down long narrow triangles, where the gussets are wider at the armpits and bust than at the bottom.
You can do it!
Excellent job; I'm doing the same thing with a slightly tight shirt. I have to hand sew, no sewing machine.
Great tutorial! I just found your channel and you’ve made a subscriber out of me! Can’t wait to watch more of your videos!
Very well explained, thank you.
This video is literally a blessing!! Thanks so much!!
You are so welcome. I'm so happy my video was helpful for you.
I just found you and I am so delighted! You were very informative and you showed the detail very clearly. What a lovely job of using the sleeve to add your gusset! I always need more room just at the hip, not at the waist, so can I do a gusset not going all the way up? I usually need to cut off my length of shirt, so I can use that cut fabric for a small gusset. Just wondered what you think?
I'm making a cotton shirt and it's going to be to to snug and I was wondering how to make it bigger thank you so much can't wait to finish it .
You are so welcome!
I done and turned up amazing!
I have done this xtension before, but at the sleve. As i have lympedemia on my right upper arm. Thanks you. Useful idea.
Ps, you must have a surger to work with stretch fabric.
You are so welcome, thanks for sharing your comments and for watching!
Yes, I do have a serger to do the seam finishing.
Looks great! Thank you for sharing.
I need to make sleeves wider on a top (the sleeves are a bit too tight for my liking but the body part fits ok, do you have a video for this?
I don't have one for the sleeves, but I will add it to my list of videos. Thanks for your request. Happy Sewing!
Good idea and tip! I need to do this too and see If I can..
Thank you so much that you showed this !
You are so welcome Marissa, thanks for watching and for your nice comment.
Great job, now I know what to do. Thank you
Thanks! I was half way there...I just couldn't figure out the top point part.
Thank you Niler 🙏 , Bridget R
Thank you so helpful I’m doing a long summer dress!
You're so welcome!
Very clever!
Thank you!
That's brilliant!
You have very pretty hands, btw. ^_^