OT Kate

I have a dumb question.. I'm figuring since you're the expert on sewing I'd
ask you..

I have several "skorts" (like a skirt with shorts built into them. One of
them Is fine at the waist, and lenght and everything, but too large at the
hips.. I don't have hips so sue me!

Anyway, my question: Is the fact that it's a skort making it a lot more
difficult to modify?

The sewing lady I asked about it gave me a long story about having to
rebuilt the whole skort and then some.. it's gonna cost me more than the
skort itself (which was fairly cheap actually..

Just mentioning, the "short part" is very "fitting.. so not too large in
itself it's just the skirt over it.

snif..

Will~

How about a picture of you in your skort Willow?...:-)...GG
"Willow Herself" wrote in
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I have a dumb question.. I'm figuring since you're the expert on sewing I'd
ask you..

I have several "skorts" (like a skirt with shorts built into them. One of
them Is fine at the waist, and lenght and everything, but too large at the
hips.. I don't have hips so sue me!

Anyway, my question: Is the fact that it's a skort making it a lot more
difficult to modify?

The sewing lady I asked about it gave me a long story about having to
rebuilt the whole skort and then some.. it's gonna cost me more than the
skort itself (which was fairly cheap actually..

Just mentioning, the "short part" is very "fitting.. so not too large in
itself it's just the skirt over it.

snif..

Will~

my camera is dead..

beside, as is.. it looks like a bell!!

DING DOOOOOOOOOOOOONG

Will~


"Gary G" wrote in message
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How about a picture of you in your skort Willow?...:-)...GG
"Willow Herself" wrote in
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I have a dumb question.. I'm figuring since you're the expert on sewing
I'd ask you..

I have several "skorts" (like a skirt with shorts built into them. One of
them Is fine at the waist, and lenght and everything, but too large at
the hips.. I don't have hips so sue me!

Anyway, my question: Is the fact that it's a skort making it a lot more
difficult to modify?

The sewing lady I asked about it gave me a long story about having to
rebuilt the whole skort and then some.. it's gonna cost me more than the
skort itself (which was fairly cheap actually..

Just mentioning, the "short part" is very "fitting.. so not too large in
itself it's just the skirt over it.

snif..

Will~

Willow Herself wrote:
I have a dumb question.. I'm figuring since you're the expert on sewing I'd
ask you..

I have several "skorts" (like a skirt with shorts built into them. One of
them Is fine at the waist, and lenght and everything, but too large at the
hips.. I don't have hips so sue me!

Anyway, my question: Is the fact that it's a skort making it a lot more
difficult to modify?

The sewing lady I asked about it gave me a long story about having to
rebuilt the whole skort and then some.. it's gonna cost me more than the
skort itself (which was fairly cheap actually..

Just mentioning, the "short part" is very "fitting.. so not too large in
itself it's just the skirt over it.

snif..

Will~


Depends how it's made, but you may have to deconstruct the whole thing
to get at both the shorts and the skirt parts to make it smaller at the
hip, and to get a proper fit that may also mean taking it apart at the
crotch seam. The hours of work unpicking that lot are where a great
deal of the money goes. If they take 4 hours to alter, on my time
that's £80!

It would probably be better value for your cash to have a pattern
drafted or altered to your shape and have a few pairs made up. This
would NOT be a cheap option (having a pattern drafted to your personal
measurements, especially an exclusive design, can cost £50 and more),
but would ensure that you got them to fit in fabric you like.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

*sigh* Thanks!!

Will~ who shall look like a bell.. no $$ ;op


"Kate XXXXXX" wrote in message
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Willow Herself wrote:
I have a dumb question.. I'm figuring since you're the expert on sewing
I'd ask you..

I have several "skorts" (like a skirt with shorts built into them. One of
them Is fine at the waist, and lenght and everything, but too large at
the hips.. I don't have hips so sue me!

Anyway, my question: Is the fact that it's a skort making it a lot more
difficult to modify?

The sewing lady I asked about it gave me a long story about having to
rebuilt the whole skort and then some.. it's gonna cost me more than the
skort itself (which was fairly cheap actually..

Just mentioning, the "short part" is very "fitting.. so not too large in
itself it's just the skirt over it.

snif..

Will~
Depends how it's made, but you may have to deconstruct the whole thing to
get at both the shorts and the skirt parts to make it smaller at the hip,
and to get a proper fit that may also mean taking it apart at the crotch
seam. The hours of work unpicking that lot are where a great deal of the
money goes. If they take 4 hours to alter, on my time that's £80!

It would probably be better value for your cash to have a pattern drafted
or altered to your shape and have a few pairs made up. This would NOT be
a cheap option (having a pattern drafted to your personal measurements,
especially an exclusive design, can cost £50 and more), but would ensure
that you got them to fit in fabric you like.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Willow Herself wrote:
*sigh* Thanks!!

Will~ who shall look like a bell.. no $$ ;op

Get yourself a nice pre-loved sewing machine, a pattern you like, and
some cheap & cheerful fabric, and come and join The Sewing Forum:
http://www.thesewingforum.co.uk/ We'll teach you to sew and alter
patterns to fit, and you can save megabucks!

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

I have a sewng machine... even took a class! but I just never got to try
anything..

I'll get to it I promise!

Will~

"Kate XXXXXX" wrote in message
...
Willow Herself wrote:
*sigh* Thanks!!

Will~ who shall look like a bell.. no $$ ;op

Get yourself a nice pre-loved sewing machine, a pattern you like, and some
cheap & cheerful fabric, and come and join The Sewing Forum:
http://www.thesewingforum.co.uk/ We'll teach you to sew and alter
patterns to fit, and you can save megabucks!

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!