Alteration Sunday!

Since I am leaving for London on Sunday and will be away for 2 1/2 weeks, it seemed silly to start work on a major project this past weekend. Instead, I decided to use my Craft Lounge time to finally deal with the growing pile of clothing that needed "editing" before they could be worn out of the house again.


I'm pleased to report that I was very productive. Here is the rundown:

• one pair of trousers for work now fit at the waist/hips again
• one pair of stretchy fold-over waist pants are now smaller (waist again) and are no longer un-sewing at the crotch
• one hoodie sweater no longer has a hole in the underarm
• one black shirt with beading is now tapered attractively
  
• one orange tee shirt is also tapered at the waist
• one long sleeve v-neck no longer is too long in the vee (this required a little creative sewing - taking it up at the shoulder, while not messing with the sleeves)
  

I'm feeling rather pleased with myself about this. I now have 6 pieces of clothing which had fallen out of the regular rotation because they had little things wrong or were too big. None were items that I couldn't live without, so if I botched them it wouldn't be a disaster. However, it's nice to have them back in the mix - especially the pants! This brings my total number of wearable work trousers to 5; that's up from 3 just a week ago.

I'm still having serious issues with RTW (ready to wear) pants. I tried on 20 pairs of pants last week, 3 purchased on line and 6 or 7 more on Saturday. The final outcome is that I kept exactly one of the on-line pants. Thirty pants, just to find one!

I can't help wondering if I am getting pickier the more I sew and if all sewists go thru this. Should I just buy RTW pants that don't fit perfectly with an eye to altering them? I don't know. I hate the idea of buying something that doesn't really fit well, but I need pants. What's a girl to do?