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Bed linen: pillows too big
April 2024

Bed linen: pillows too big

What to do if you do not have the usual pillow size of 80 x 80? At 40 x 80 it is still, there was a great tip for small folds in there. At 40 x 60 it gets harder. If you have a sewing machine, but...

Extend creative shirts
April 2024

Extend creative shirts

How often does it happen that you still have nice shirts or T-shirts in the closet, which, however, are a bit too short for whatever reason. And you do not want to go belly-free too? Since it is nice...

Shorten cords without fraying
April 2024

Shorten cords without fraying

If cords are too long and you want to cut them partially, they often freak ugly. This has an end now: Exactly at the point where I want to cut, I wrap a piece of wide Tesafilm very tightly around...

Shorten pants
April 2024

Shorten pants

Often shorten the pants, the hem separated, the cut off too much and then sewed the hem again. It can happen that due to oblique cutting, the new hem edge is not pretty straight. Here are my tips:...

Knitwear / sweater: stitches go up
April 2024

Knitwear / sweater: stitches go up

Who does not know that. There you have a nice sweater or other knitwear, and on closer inspection, a scam goes on. Before mutating into a hole, I grab a paperclip and turn it into a tool to quickly...

Squeaky faux leather jacket
April 2024

Squeaky faux leather jacket

A lucky coincidence helped me to solve my problem with one of my favorite pieces. My while wearing "squeaky" Raincoat. The squeaking, i. The noises that occur when you wear them, as the sleeves...

Lengthen children's jeans / pants
April 2024

Lengthen children's jeans / pants

A tip for lengthening children's pants or children's jeans that have become too short. Our guys have grown faster than weeds in the last two years, we've seen the pants get too short, they've...

Great bra but broken hanger
April 2024

Great bra but broken hanger

I have quite expensive bras and since I live abroad and usually has to take everything from Germany, it annoys me tremendously if after a while break the hanger. (For the expensive ones they last...

Fix a slipping T-shirt
April 2024

Fix a slipping T-shirt

I have a front and back very low cut T-shirt (see photo), which slips again and again from the shoulder. To attach it, I sewed on both sides of the inside of the shoulder seam along a small loop of...

Remove labels on tops
April 2024

Remove labels on tops

Who does not know that: Since you're happy that you've got a great top and annoys even when fitting, even with high-priced clothes, the itchy and scratchy label in the neck. I used to separate the...