Tailoring Tips: Taking In Excess Sleeve Fabric

Video Transcript

"We've got our, our sleeve now that we want to take in. This is too big, I'm not into that at all. So, I want to take it in probably to about here, I'm going to slide a pin in, as best I can with my one hand. So, my sleeve is going to be like that. That might still be a little big, I'm going to add, I'm going to take it in more. There we go. And, I'm also going to raise, I don't like the way this is coming, this is not, not flattering to me. This would be much more flattering if I'd raise the shoulder seam to here. So, what I want to do is make a mark there as to where I want to bring it up. I want it to be brought up like that, and now this is feeling a little tight so I'm just going to alter this is little bit, just drop it down a hair. Feels a lot better. And, then I'll put a pin over it right here. It's easier when you have somebody pinning it, or when you have you know, four hands, but you can make do with yourself. You can, pin that up and then I just want to put one down here where I know it's going to be about, I think that's a good, that's good for me, so I'm just going to throw a pin in the wrist, so I know to continue this line down to there. I'll just blend it and I'll show you how that's done. And, there we go, now we have a map for our shirt."