Want to alter clothes but don't have a sewing machine? These simple hacks shared by Marissa (@worthnotwaste) on Instagram can help you do just that. Marissa shared three simple hacks for altering ...

Q. My weight varies from about 180 to 190, which isn't bad, but is a problem for my one spring/fall blazer. It just fits me at the lower weight and is clearly tight at the higher. It was on sale, ...

Whether we make our clothes or buy them, they always seem to need alterations, and that can be a daunting task. My friend Mary Roehr, author of "Altering Women's Ready-to-Wear" and "Altering Men's ...

Most women fall into one of two categories: Those who have their tailor on speed dial, and those who've never ventured into the world of clothing alterations. If you fall in the latter group, you ...

I've lost a lot of weight recently (almost 70 pounds, w00t) and none of my clothes really fit. I've been shopping for a lot of new clothes and unfortunately I'm somewhat in between large and ...

I started to sew for a simple, selfish reason: I just wanted cool clothes that actually fit my body. I was a very tall teenage girl in an era long before online shopping was popular, living in a small ...