{"id":1420,"date":"2011-03-23T11:53:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T15:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2011-12-20T19:50:25","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T00:50:25","slug":"woyww-altering-favorite-garments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/23\/woyww-altering-favorite-garments\/","title":{"rendered":"WOYWW &#8211; Altering Favorite Garments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s workdesk pic requires a little bit of background info.\u00a0 As I mentioned in previous posts, I&#8217;ve lost quite a bit of weight in the past year.\u00a0 So a couple weekends ago I spent a Saturday morning trying on just about every stitch of clothing that I own.\u00a0 <em>(It was a lot more fun than I thought it would be!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The results?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three large trash bags of stuff that was too big.\u00a0Donated.<\/li>\n<li>Two garments that I spent quite a bit of time making but are too big to keep.\u00a0 I hope to sell these.<\/li>\n<li>One pile of garments that I like enough to take the time to alter.<\/li>\n<li>And, of course, a much neater and easier to access closet!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What you see on today&#8217;s workdesk is a lavender jacket from the pile that&#8217;s always been a favorite.\u00a0 It&#8217;s made out of stretch moleskin, seems to be indestructible and looks good with just about anything.\u00a0 Now it&#8217;s way too big to look good, but I hate to get rid of it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/woyww\/2011-03-23-woyww.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/woyww\/2011-03-23-woyww.jpg\" alt=\"2011-03-23-woyww\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My plan is take the finished measurements of this jacket, compare them with the finished measurements of a jacket that fits well, take the jacket apart, make a pattern from the taken apart pieces and then grade down the pattern to match the measurements that fit.\u00a0 Make sense?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve done the measuring bit, the next step is to take seam ripper in hand and start deconstructing.<\/p>\n<p>Yikes, I&#8217;m scared.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll let you know how it goes.<\/p>\n<p><em>(And, if you&#8217;re wondering why I posted a photo of my workdesk, go <a title=\"stamping ground - woyww\" href=\"http:\/\/stamping-ground.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>to find out and check out what others from all over the world are doing.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s workdesk pic requires a little bit of background info.\u00a0 As I mentioned in previous posts, I&#8217;ve lost quite a bit of weight in the past year.\u00a0 So a couple weekends ago I spent a Saturday morning trying on just about every&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[252,251,253,45],"class_list":["post-1420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-just_chattin","tag-altering-clothing","tag-garment-sewing","tag-pattern-making","tag-sewing-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Keepsake Crafts - Sharing the Love of Creativity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"quilting, sewing, patterns, beads, jewelry, scrapbooking, card making, polymer clay, quilts, crafts, crafting, creative\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/23\/woyww-altering-favorite-garments\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sandy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/23\/woyww-altering-favorite-garments\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/23\/woyww-altering-favorite-garments\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sandy\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/83a364fc2641e96eb1d1af37a92142cc\"},\"headline\":\"WOYWW &#8211; 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