It is time, after years of chocolate, raspberry puree, passion fruit coulis, chlorine bleach and other assorted products, for me to start replacing my chef coats. The ones I have, I love. They are short sleeved so they are great in the summer and when reaching in to scrape out 40 quart bowls of cheesecake batter. They are a women's cut so I don't look like I have on my big brother's shirt and weigh another 30 pounds. They also are no longer being produced, although when they were, they were like a hundred dollars a pop. No thank you!
So I found a short sleeved jacket for twenty dollars. The problem is, it fits in the shoulders and chest, and everywhere else is just not right. Lame! I think, maybe, I could tailor it myself. I know, it's sewing, but I can hem up the sleeves and bottom of the jacket, and I think I could take in the sides a bit. But I'm not sure. Should I even try? Just take it to a professional? Whatchall think?
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Well it did only cost $20, so if you want to try I say go for it! Taking in the sides should be relatively easy. I say "should" because I have never actually done this myself, but only because I don't have a dressform or a reliable "pinner" (don't trust husband near me with a sharp object). If you do have someone you trust with pins here is what you should do.
EASY WAY
1- Put on coat inside out, make sure it is button/zipped/etc.
2- have pinner follow the actual seams of coat and pinch & pin to your curves.
3- Sew along pinned edge (closer to the inside than the edge)
4- cut away excess.
5- you may want to finish the edges so they don't frey or is it fray? when washing
HARDER way...rip out existing seems first, then follow steps 1-5.
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