Alterations

Traditional menswear garment alterations regularly performed at my previous tailoring job, presented step by step.

Shortening sleeves of a jacket

Marking for mitered corner and sleeve fold, after opening the sleeve and cutting

Pressed mitered corner and fold

Attaching the lining to sleeve

Button marking

Attached buttons

Taking in the waist of slacks

Marking for taking in the waist

New center back seam after opening the waistband

Closed waistband

Final center back seam

Taking in the sides of a coat

Original pinning of the sides

Marking for the mitered corner of the center back flap

Aligning the side seams after pressing the crease

Hand-stitching the lining closed

Marking for new side seam

Pressed mitered corner