Tailoring and Repair

[usctroll]

As I acquire some items that fit *almost* like I want it's time to start getting a few things modified.  If you have a favorite shop for tailoring/hemming, post up and I'll edit this top post to maintain a list of online or brick and mortar shops. 

And I'll start off with a question, if I want to take two inches out of the waist on my Gustin chore coat would I be better off having that done from the side seams or getting darts put in the back?  Does the fabric matter in terms of what method to use?  I have the same question on a pair of Woolrich vintage shirt jacs that are size L, fit great in the shoulders/chest and need some shape in the waist.


Brick and Mortar Chain Stitch hemming:
Austin - Traveller Denim Co., 1403 Chestnut Avenue, Austin, TX [phone]

Online Chain Stitch Hemming:

Tailoring:

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Dec 15, 2014 11:04:00 GMT -6 usctroll said:

As I acquire some items that fit *almost* like I want it's time to start getting a few things modified.  If you have a favorite shop for tailoring/hemming, post up and I'll edit this top post to maintain a list of online or brick and mortar shops. 

And I'll start off with a question, if I want to take two inches out of the waist on my Gustin chore coat would I be better off having that done from the side seams or getting darts put in the back?  Does the fabric matter in terms of what method to use?  I have the same question on a pair of Woolrich vintage shirt jacs that are size L, fit great in the shoulders/chest and need some shape in the waist.


Brick and Mortar Chain Stitch hemming:
Austin - Traveller Denim Co., 1403 Chestnut Avenue, Austin, TX [phone]

Online Chain Stitch Hemming:

Tailoring:

To me, side seams 99% of the time except the tailor cannot do it either because of the fabric, the stitching or too expensive (not worth it). I am just not a dart person if I have a choice. 

[gaseousclay]

check this thread: gustinfriends.proboards.com/thread/103/selvedge-hemming

[nate001]

In the Twin Cities there is a gem of a guy named Satchel. He runs a denim repair shop out of his apartment called Science and Kindness. He used to work at a great denim shop in St. Paul, but now is on his own. He's darned a pair of tellasons for me that had blown out on the cuff and were threatening to blow out around my phone wear. He also tapered the leg a bit. I'm pretty sure he also does chainstitched hems, but he's never done that for me. There is a Science and Kindness instagram page where I guess you could contact him (?). I'm local, so I don't know about shipping.

The darning thing to me is amazing. I know there are a few places that offer it, mostly in CA, but not many in the midwest (maybe a place in Chicago too?). Its like you can bring these things back from the dead.