https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:11:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators/page/2#post-2269454 Fri, 01 Jul 2022 17:32:45 +0000 cat2 2269454@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the push! I just took most of my alterations in: I am having some pants hemmed that I bought before the pandemic. And a couple of old long gowns turned into cocktail dresses. And a couple of jackets needed the sleeves hemmed or taken in. A giant pile of stuff! I am so glad to have it under way. I have a couple more boxes to peer into that house Fall clothing, but I am still calling this a win. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators/page/2#post-2267332 Tue, 14 Jun 2022 17:05:40 +0000 LJP 2267332@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was offered a discount to keep a top I was returning because of a side seam coming open. An easy fix, but I knew it would end up never worn, sitting for some magic moment when I hauled out my sewing machine. &nbsp;I've become my own worst enemy. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators/page/2#post-2267325 Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:29:09 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2267325@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>“ good luck getting that dress off without sticking yourself in the eye!”</p> <p>A certain dude just sent me a pic of a very long scratch up his thigh—pulled on a costume at dress rehearsal, and found out there was a pin in the pants! Nice excuse to show me his quads ;)<br /> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators/page/2#post-2267274 Tue, 14 Jun 2022 11:37:01 +0000 April 2267274@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So, my dry-cleaning came back yesterday but it did not include my tailoring items.</p> <p>It did include a jaw-dropping bill for that PRESS ONLY service on a slew of cotton and linen shirts, so I will not be doing that again.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Like conscience, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://gifquotes.com/q/57dab8e4cd26cd0056d9b12e">laziness do cost.</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators/page/2#post-2267264 Tue, 14 Jun 2022 08:28:08 +0000 Anonymous 2267264@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, we are salutation jogger twins except mine are grey but a very blue grey. I got them when everything else was cropped in retail, an overdone trend, Yeah, April. My alterations person fell on ice and hit her head. Now she has problems and can’t work. Things wait until I can find a new person who can do the work, especially a knife pleated skirt that needs at least 8 inches off, probably from the top. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2267240 Tue, 14 Jun 2022 04:35:18 +0000 Greyscale 2267240@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm going to make the trip to the tailor tomorrow! I almost managed today but forgot he's closed on Mondays.</p> <p>I've learned that my tailor's shop was actually used as the inspiration for the design of the tailor shop in the&nbsp;Pixar movie Soul! (I haven't seen it.)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2267010 Sun, 12 Jun 2022 10:20:21 +0000 April 2267010@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hear you, Anchie.&nbsp; Every tiny barrier to something we dislike doing becomes bigger than it should.</p> <p>Gretchen Rubin puts it this way: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://gretchenrubin.com/2010/05/make-it-easy-to-do-right/">Make it easy to do right.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Is there something fun you could link to a tailoring trip?&nbsp; Lunch with a friend in your old neighborhood?&nbsp; A shop that you enjoy in that vicinity? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266991 Sun, 12 Jun 2022 06:37:48 +0000 anchie 2266991@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another procrastinator that needs a little push. My tailor is in my former neighborhood, and when we moved about 8 years ago I never found a new one that is more convenient so I procrastinate even more because of that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266966 Sat, 11 Jun 2022 23:19:45 +0000 anne 2266966@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>I was unsuccessful in buying some new tracksuit pants, but I did buy some new elastic so I can just replace the waistband elastic on my old ones. I'll have to do it by hand though, as I broke my sewing machine.</div><div><br /></div><div>Good reminder to get on and do it!</div><div><br /></div><div> Well done beating your procrastination, April!<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266932 Sat, 11 Jun 2022 12:22:26 +0000 April 2266932@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You're very welcome, MM.&nbsp; Get it done, you'll be so impressed with yourself! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266926 Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:27:41 +0000 Minaminu 2266926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Go April! Nicely done!</p> <p>thank you for motivating me to take my blazer to the tailor, I was planning to do it since last December!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266924 Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:15:07 +0000 April 2266924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have until Monday to get that button sewn tightly to its linen shirt... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266738 Thu, 09 Jun 2022 18:49:48 +0000 cat2 2266738@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I put most alterations on hold during the pandemic because we were not going anywhere and have a stack of things to take in. I hope to get them all done this Summer, regardless of season so I know what I have. I have a tailor I trust, but it took several unfortunate experiments to find her. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266736 Thu, 09 Jun 2022 18:30:37 +0000 Angie 2266736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done, <b>April!</b>&nbsp;....and others. Alterations can be SOOO WORTH IT!&nbsp;</p> <p>I don't procrastinate with alterations or mending because I can't wait to wear my stuff! (Had to wait during lockdowns and through COVID surges though).</p> <p>I do however, procrastinate terribly with buying workout wear - (which is yoga wear for yoga). It took me at least a year to purchase these salutation joggers as an alternative to leggings - and I finally ordered them! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266732 Thu, 09 Jun 2022 18:13:03 +0000 Zaeobi 2266732@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, I'm not sure what's going on in their minds lol but it can sometimes feel like a gamble to get someone else to alter your clothes (unless they send you progress pics along the way). Frustrating you had it happen with someone you trusted though - maybe they got distracted by another order whilst fixing yours, lol? Who knows! </p> <p>Thankfully the dress was still wearable but I've kept some of the leftover lace fabric from it still, just in case I ever get round to lengthening the sleeves (see above as to why I'll probably procrastinate that too, lol...) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266704 Thu, 09 Jun 2022 14:51:09 +0000 April 2266704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Goodness, Z - I would also be quite upset if my wedding dress came back mangled.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>The only experience I've ever had like that was with a pair of boots I was trying to get fitted.&nbsp; Took them to the cobbler to take in the calf and they came back with one leg completely unzippable, it was so tight.</p> <p>Same cobbler had done a perfect job the first time I tried this, so not sure what happened.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266664 Thu, 09 Jun 2022 10:30:45 +0000 Zaeobi 2266664@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a whole bag of clothes I *promised* I'd mend before I left HK - &amp; guess what? They're still there! Well, at least I'd managed to sort them into categories before coming to the UK (the type of alteration/ fix needed), but still... lol... </p> <p>I think part of me is just scared to find a tailor I can trust, either in the UK or HK - I've had too many experiences where they *pretend* to listen to what you want but actually they just do their own thing (for example, my wedding dress came back with shoulder pads &amp; half (instead of 3/4) sleeves). I've tried to have them fix it, but it usually comes back even worse! </p> <p>So now I just procrastinate because my own sewing skills are subpar - maybe this summer I'll finally have lower stress levels + enough time to sit down with my pile &amp; some YouTube tutorials. One can hope </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266661 Thu, 09 Jun 2022 10:08:39 +0000 April 2266661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, my - you're so right, Janet, about mending procrastination.</p> <p>I have a summer linen shirt that has had a dangling button since the start of last summer.&nbsp; I stubbornly tell myself I am capable (just barely) of sewing on a shirt button and then I don't do it.</p> <p>Maybe I'll challenge myself to sew on that dang button before my tailoring is ready.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266551 Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:13:23 +0000 Janet 2266551@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The thing that cures this for me is that my last couple of alterations were new purchases that I would not have kept unless they could be altered. They required a little consult with my seamstress to be sure and see what could be done before removing tags and committing. That forced me into getting to the tailor within the merchandise return time window! </p> <p>Now, mending is a whole other story. I pulled out my sewing box last week to put a button back on a shirt, and discovered a small pile of items I’d put aside to possibly stitch up in various ways (a wrap top that needed a stitch to keep the bust closed, etc). I looked at the items, and all but one went into the donation bag — they’d been there so long I just decided I didn’t care about them anymore. When I really want to wear something, I get it altered or fix it right away. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266540 Wed, 08 Jun 2022 10:03:03 +0000 April 2266540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Plenty of room at the procrastinators' table, Bella.&nbsp; You can have lunch with us any time - or maybe dinner, or breakfast tomorrow...&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266357 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 09:43:05 +0000 bella 2266357@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am such a procrastinator when it comes to alterations. I also have a jacket that I need to take to the dry cleaners! It is a spring/fall jacket and too warm here now to wear it, so I suspect I will wait until fall now :)&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266356 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 09:34:55 +0000 April 2266356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Why do I put tailoring off so long?</p> <p>Because I hate being fitted.&nbsp; I dislike the trying on process, then&nbsp; emerging from the changing booth and stepping onto the little platform while they pinch the fabric and apply pins.&nbsp; (And then good luck getting that dress off without sticking yourself in the eye!)</p> <p>What I love about it is the results.&nbsp; Items that are no longer "just a little bit wrong" but just exactly right.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266344 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 03:31:46 +0000 chewyspaghetti 2266344@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the reminder, April.<br /> Good job on taking your things in. I took something in last week, too- can't wait to get it back and start wearing it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266339 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 01:40:49 +0000 Jaime 2266339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sigh, I had a very good alterations person pre-Covid but she has left and I must look again. Thank you for the nudge! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266320 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 23:39:16 +0000 Echo 2266320@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are inspiring. I, too, have an embarrassing number of things I need altered, but I just can never seem to find the time. I need to remind myself it is worth it and just DO IT! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266312 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 21:43:26 +0000 April 2266312@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Best part is, one of the four items is a lined wool blazer (i.e., not wearable again until many months from now.)</p> <p>What would be typical for me would be to pull it out in November and realize I had STILL not addressed the fit issues.</p> <p>I hope action begets action, because I think there are still some things in the closet that need a little nip tuck. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266293 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 19:11:43 +0000 Carla 2266293@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It’s like getting something new, now that they can go into rotation. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266292 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 18:44:58 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2266292@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m not sure if my stuff is waiting for me to mend it or waiting to go to the alterations place to be mended, but it sure is waiting! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266281 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 17:49:55 +0000 Style Fan 2266281@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am definitely on that team!&nbsp; After looking at them for over a year, I took my pants in for alterations.&nbsp; My new pants only had to wait for six weeks to go to the seamstress.&nbsp; That would be an accomplishment if I could get myself to take my coat to the tailor after thinking about it for a couple of years. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheerleading-our-tailoring-procrastinators#post-2266278 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 17:41:32 +0000 BlueJay 2266278@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YAY! I am so cheering you on!&nbsp;</p> <p>I have a pile of mending to do for my items and our DD's, as you said, "for a mortifying amount of time." I did manage to mend a top. One thing down, not sure how many others to go...my daughter has grown out of some things so I don't have to mend them anymore...does that count? Probably not. I should try to mend one item per week. Perhaps it will encourage more motivation.&nbsp;</p> <p>I also need to find a tailor for more ambitious alterations... </p>