10 Tips for Altering Your Clothes With Allie Upcycles
Seamwork Radio: Sewing and Creativity
Colette Media
4.9 • 763 Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Altering thrifted or store-bought clothes is easier than you think! Allie from Allie Upcycles, an expert in size-inclusive thrift flips, is here to share her top 10 favorite tips for altering your clothes with ease.
Whether you're adding a zipper, adjusting a hem, or creating a whole new look, these practical tips will help you breathe new life into your wardrobe. Ready to make your clothes work for you?
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Sari and I'm Haley and this is Seamwork Radio. |
| 0:10.2 | Welcome back to Seamwork Radio where we share practical ideas for building a creative process so you can sew with intention and joy. |
| 0:18.0 | And Haley's out on parental leave with her new baby still, so I'm flying solo, |
| 0:21.9 | and I've invited some really fun guests to join me on the podcast. And today, I'm here with |
| 0:27.1 | Ali from Allie Upsicles. Hi, Allie. Hello, how are you? I'm good. So a little bit about |
| 0:34.2 | Ali. So Ali's social media brand is dedicated to accessible and size |
| 0:38.2 | inclusive thrift flips. So she just published her debut book called Not Your Grand Sowing |
| 0:43.3 | Book, Easy Alterations for the Perfect Fit at Any Size. And Allie's here to share 10 of her |
| 0:49.1 | favorite tips for altering your own clothes with you. So this is really fun because while we often talk about sewing your own clothes from |
| 0:56.4 | scratch, Allie's an expert on making alterations to clothes you thrift or you buy in the store. |
| 1:01.7 | So this is a really valuable skill to have, and I'm so excited to talk to you about it today, Allie. |
| 1:07.4 | You're excited as well. |
| 1:08.6 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:10.1 | So tell me a little bit about your story and how you got into this. |
| 1:14.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:14.9 | I started sewing from a pretty young age. |
| 1:19.1 | My mom is somebody who always sewed. |
| 1:21.8 | And growing up, I developed a very large chest at quite a young age. |
| 1:29.4 | So we're talking. |
| 1:31.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:33.0 | So like seventh grade confirmation dress shopping, |
| 1:37.0 | eighth grade graduation dress shopping. |
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