Welcome to your Sewing Dashboard!

This is the "home page" for sewists to access their accounts. If you're looking to visit our shop to have alterations done to your garments by us, head to our "Everything Page" to find what you're looking for!

Once you are signed in, your courses and Action Labs will appear below (if you're signed in). 


At Sewing by Carolyn, we’re on a mission to bring sewing back to its rightful place, an essential household skill that’s both empowering and valuable.  We’re here to teach, inspire, and support sewists of all levels, by building a vault of sewing skills in the area of alterations. (Hence the web address, Project Sewing Vault)

We want to help you feel confident in your sewing skills, whether that means learning how to alter your own clothes to fit your unique body, or transforming your craft into a career; into a business that honors your worth and your sewing skills. Sewing is more than just a hobby; it’s a vital skill, as proven when sewists made masks during the pandemic to protect our healthcare workers.

Together, we’ll shift the conversation, showing the world that sewing is not only valuable, but essential, and that everyone has a place in this beautiful, supportive community.

Everything

Welcome to

Sewing By Carolyn's

 'Everything Page' *

Here at Sewing by Carolyn, we have seen about every type of clothing for repairs or alterations in the last 30+ years.

We provide sewing services, and offer courses to fellow sewists (hence the website url "Project Sewing Vault").

What can be sewn? (click here)

We specialize in alterations and repairs.

Most anything can be either altered or repaired, however, with fast fashion dominating the market, regular clothing items can often be bought new for less money than the cost of our labor to fix the item.

Formalwear is notoriously not shaped like humans and needs alterations to be usable for your special event.

What is the cost? (click here)

Whether it's regular clothes or formalwear, we discuss budget with you and whether or not the cost is worth it (and we won't be offended if you decide not to fix an item).

Read more about pricing here: Formalwear and Regular Clothing.

Clothing - Size You!

It is so disheartening to get measured and spend a several hundred dollars on formalwear, only to have it WILDLY not fit when it arrives.

Why in the world is this our reality?! 

The shortest answer? (click here)

Because of the fast fashion industry. The designing is done in a smaller size and then they add length and width to all the pattern pieces to create the other sizes (which is NOT how bodies grow!).

Then, in women's clothing, they don't change the bust shape from size to size. Consumers are believing they are misshapen when in fact the shape of the garment is NOT SHAPED LIKE HUMANS! People ask why alterations are necessary, or why they cost as much as the purchase of some dresses, well this is why!

This graphic has a caption at the top, above an image that shows how a sewing pattern is cut into a grid and spread wider and taller to create the next size larger. The caption says how the industry develops sizes and how sizes should be developed, indicating the bottom image. The image at the bottom shows a picture of Lindsie Rank from Sew Busty doing a full bust adjustment to create a larger size without obnoxiously expanding the shoulders.

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Typical Projects

Formalwear Alterations:  Wedding Gowns, Suits, Special Occasion clothing, etc

Basic repairs: Patching, Fixing, Hemming, Flag repair, Jacket zipper replacement, etc

Uniform sewing: adding various patches, military pant hems, etc

Specialty projects

👩‍🏫Sewing Courses &
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*This "Everything Page" is inspired by online business strategist Elizabeth Buckley - Goddard's course on the subject.

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