Garment Alterations
Made Easy
Transform Clothes & Confidence
Lifetime Access
Step-by-step LIVE online course
4-hrs Guided Sewing every week
Over 50 Sewing Tutorials
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with stylist & sewing teacher Sarah
Is this course right for you?
Are you frustrated with clothes not being right?
Has your body shape changed resulting in your clothes feeling uncomfortable in one area?
Are you done with compromising on personal taste in favour of what fits?
Do you love the idea of sewing clothes or want to improve your existing sewing/dressmaking skills?
Would you like step-by-step, real-time, up-close tutorials that demonstrate the 'how to' detail?
Access to ask your sewing teacher everyday?
What's included?
Pre-Course Requirements
Access to a Sewing Machine
Be able to operate straight stitch & zigzag stitch
New to sewing or operating a sewing machine, click for my Beginners Guide & you will be ready
Progression techniques for competent Sewists
A desire to learn garment alterations or improve sewing/dressmaking skills
Click image for Beginners Sewing Machine Guide
Garment Alterations
Made Easy
8 Follow along Modules
Lifetime Access
Will it improve my Dressmaking?
100% YES
Lots of Sewists start with Pattern-Cutting or Dressmaking before learning the finishing skills.
Garment Alterations starts with a finished piece of clothing, which not only guarantees a successful, professionally finished garment everytime, but also provides the understanding and skills required to finish garments to a professional level when making from scratch.
When is the course?
Every Tuesday 7pm-8pm
New Module delivered LIVE (also recorded)
Followed by Q&A 8pm
Starts 7th Oct 2025
Wednesdays 10.30am & 6.30pm
Synchronised Sewing Sessions
Synchronised Sewing are 'drop-in' guided lessons for you to implement your garment alterations straight away
Learn to Alter Stretch Garments
Discover how to handle Silks & Chiffons
Find out when to sew Topstitching
Client
TESTIMONIALS
Pat
I started sewing straight away, by following the video tutorials and checking each step with Sarah on the synchronised sewing sessions.
I can't believe how many of my clothes now fit me!
Tina
I love the way the videos are there forever.
I think that is just brilliant and that’s what attracted me to the course.
I can nip in, get what I need, then go & sew!
Laura
Sarah is very welcoming, friendly and happy to help with any sewing projects you have.
She has a wealth of knowledge and delivers an informative course which is exciting.
Meet your sewing teacher & course founder
Sarah Tinks Cross
Sarah is a personal style expert, wardrobe management extraordinaire, experienced seamstress, No.1 best selling author, and founder of MYVOS® aka My Very Own Stylist. Her mission is to elevate every woman’s mood, well-being and confidence just by opening her Wardrobe door - and clever garment alterations that turn standard off-the-peg size garments into real body shape clothing is one of her methods.
Her professional love affair with clothing began as a designer before becoming the lead Fashion & Clothing Lecturer at Gloucestershire College UK. Later adding Personal Colour Analysis to her repertoire, she was awarded ‘Best Image Consultant New Comer’ by CBM International. In 2019, Sarah won funding for her innovation in sustainable wardrobe editing services, which includes her seamstress teachings in how to alter and re-style clothing.
30+ yrs Stylist & Sewist experience
10 years Lecturing in Garment Making
Helped 100s of women with their Style & Fit
A regular on local BBC radio channels and Author of ‘2nd SKIN, How to Manage your Clothes & Be Stylish for a Lifetime’, Sarah has helped hundreds of women to use the power of clothes for well-being.
Always Wear Your Best
Love Sarah x
PRICING
Pay in Full
£495
Incl VAT
One Payment
(discounted price)
Payment Plan
£129/m
Incl VAT
4 Monthly payments
(Total amount £516)
BONUSES
Book by 16th Sept to claim
How to Add Pockets
(worth £147)
Book before 30th Sept to claim
Module 9 - Denim
(worth £89)
STILL NOT SURE?
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need any previous Sewing experience?
No experience necessary.
This course is designed for new sewists and intermediate sewists alike, who can operate a sewing machine on a straight stitch and zigzag stitch.
If you are a complete beginner, here is a my 6-Step series (30 min total runtime) to get you ready! Click here
I have garment making experience, what will I learn?
Garment alterations are the best way to improve on garment making skills, here's why:
> Focus is on the finishing details
> Greater understanding of how to alter patterns for fit
> Clearer idea of seam/hem allowances for types of fabric
What equipment will I need?
Sewing Machine.
Basic Sewing Kit such as thread, scissors, pins, tape measure (recommended list provided before course).
Garments to alter.
& Computer/Laptop/Tablet/Mobile for course access.
How long is the course?
8 - 10 consecutive weeks.
All LIVE training and Modules are recorded for lifetime access, to view as as many times as you like, when ever you like.
What if I can't make LIVE or miss a module?
Not a problem.
Everything is recorded and uploaded to your course area within 24hrs of delivery, for you view at your convenience.
Will I complete the course?
YES.
All lessons and sewing tutorials will be added to your course area, every week, as the modules are delivered, and will be there for a lifetime.
What if I'm unable to sew an alteration or can't keep up?
I'm so glad you asked.
The sewing tutorials are in realtime, designed to sew-along at your own pace. You can pause, rewind, fast-forward and repeat as much as you need to.
There is no time limit or end date - Lifetime access means you can keep all the lessons and tutorials to refer to when ever you need to to complete any garment alteration.
Is there any extra tuition if I get stuck?
YES! YES! YES!
The course consists of up to 4 hrs a week LIVE with me. Module delivery every Tues 7pm, then further implementations hours Wednesday mornings and evenings.
What fabrics are covered in the course?
All fabrics that clothing is made in - from floaty dresses, stretchy T-shirting, delicate silks, bouncy woollens, dense rigid clothes like denim, and all the popular viscoses and polys.
Is this the same as other sewing lessons?
Unlike traditional sewing lessons and classes, this is all about practical, wearable results. You’ll learn the alterations that make the biggest difference to fit, comfort, style, and confidence – your best wardrobe is about to happen.
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