Tailoring your own clothing?

[JM Aggie08]

I'm 6'8 205lbs, making it damn impossible to find shirts that fit properly. I've been looking into getting a sewing machine and learning how to bring in my own shirts.

Anyone have any experience with this? There are plenty of youtube videos that make it seem fairly simple, but a first hand account would be great

 

[twinrider1]

It's harder than it looks, at least initially, if you do it on your own. I mend tears but the results aren't pretty.

 

[Midwayman]

You'll mangle a few shirts, but it isn't super hard to learn to sew. How your shirts don't fit can greatly change the difficulty however.

 

[Ns1]

my fiance tried to do this for me.

It is significantly cheaper to just go out and get your shit altered. it is also faster and the results are better.

in short: don't try to do this. You'll spend gobs of money on machines, classes, materials, and fuck-ups.


Example: hemming pants. It takes multiple hours when my fiance does it. When I take it to the tailor, I give him $6 and pick it up the next day.

 

[kt]

my fiance tried to do this for me.

It is significantly cheaper to just go out and get your shit altered. it is also faster and the results are better.

in short: don't try to do this. You'll spend gobs of money on machines, classes, materials, and fuck-ups.


Example: hemming pants. It takes multiple hours when my fiance does it. When I take it to the tailor, I give him $6 and pick it up the next day.

This.

 

[Kelvrick]

I got a sewing machine to start making halloween costumes. It was a lot better to learn doing stuff that doesn't have to look perfect.

It takes some practice to keep things straight. Also, templates are awesome.

 

[Jaepheth]

It's just applied differential geometry. What could go wrong?