Your voice is so easy to listen to and understand. You never sound condescending- just helpful.

I had no idea I was taking a master class when I started this tutorial, wow! This is the most comprehensive waist alteration I've seen on YouTube.

I messed up the rear seam about 20 times, and almost threw my machine out the window, but I kept on. Lots of self doubt, broken threads and poor measurements, yet I couldn't stop. Towards the end it all started coming together and it felt like magic.

My rear seam is nothing like the demo (how does she do that), and things are mostly straight, but I gave one of my old favorite shorts a new life, and I'm really proud of my work :) I learned so much, and it was great practice.

Thanks so much for the help!

genuinely better than my fashion school demos I can't believe how well this is explained and filmed. thank you :)

I appreciate so much that you let us see the entirety of the alteration with no fast forward clips. Makes it so much easier to try and learn how to do this myself 😊

When you're undoing the seam, instead of putting the pointy, sharp end inside the seam so slide down, use the end with the red blob on it.  It's there specifically for this job - it prevents the point from slicing into the fabric and allows you to rip through several stitiches at a time. :)

The red ball on the seam ripper should be pointed down into the seam when you’re ripping it and it’ll slide right through it and it won’t cut the fabric not sure if you were aware of that

There is no accounting for an amazing sewing machine to make the job so enjoyable. 🇨🇦

Just came across your tutorial.
Thank you. You're an angel.
My husband has cancer and has lost a lot of weight.
Especially from his butt 😄 bless him.

I followed your tutorial and managed to make his jeans fit much better.
I am very grateful. Wonderful, easy to follow, professional tutorial.
Thank you again. ❤❤

I want a machine that can sew through that many layers of denim so effortlessly.  That is impressive!

Great video! I love the sound the machine makes and your voice is so kind. As if Bob Ross had a tailoring YouTube channel. Thank you❤️

I am extremely impressed with your patience during the video.  As someone else said “this really was a master class” in alterations. I like the way you showed everything you did. You didn’t start something and then stop the video and show the results. Where there was a small area that didn’t match exactly but you showed how to correct it and everyone learned that we can all make little mistakes but we can fix them too. In sewing, I’ve found that patience is one of  the biggest asset to have in learning to see. I have been sewing since I was in 7th grade when you had to take Home Economics and learned to see. I was anxious to learn because my mother made all our dresses for my sister and I when we were small. Yes I’m old enough to have worn dresses made of chicken feed sacks and they were beautiful. My mother was an excellent seamstress and made not only our clothes but her own as well. Never change how you do your video’s because they are the best I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. ❤😘😘

Always wondered how to do this, especially lately. Getting older, shrinking, limited budget, need to take in garmets. Thanks so much.

OMG I did it!!!!! Well, I did it with you! After very frustrating attempts before (with other tutorials), I swore I'd never take in a jeans waist again. But as I type I'm sitting comfortably in perfectly altered skinny jeans! Onto the next ill-fitting pair with renewed confidence. YOU ARE AWESOME!!

This is incredible! I want to go buy a second- hand cheap jean to practice this!

I have seen several tutorials on how to do this, and yours is by far my FAVORITE!!!!!!
So easy to understand and I love how you go into detail through every single step.
Thank you !

Thank you for talking thru the tutorial rather than just showing a picture and steps :) very helpful! Thanks!!!

As a sewer I find this to be a very thorough and instructive tutorial.  You say everything I'm thinking but with a very kind voice 😊

I have used this method for years. The bonus is an enhanced, lifted butt look from the new pocket placement.

Although, the technique of blending gradually will always look nice, as the daughter of an old time tailor and a seamstress, I'd like to share that the way my parents got the angle of how far to take in was always measured on the client, as some clients are more rounded than others and the angle will not always be exactly the same.

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I need to do this to nearly all of my jeans. For me, if the waist fits, it too small in the butt, and vice versa. Thank you!!!