was up all night altering my son's band uniform. The only pair of pants
they had on hand for a 6'4" kid were equally as big around—serious
Tweedle-Dee pants.
In the end, I removed 15 total inches from the girth of the pants,
taking out 1" to 6" on five different seams: inseams, outseams, and
center back. And I added two darts in the front to bring the suspenders
closer together.
I deserve a sewing badge for extreme alteration. That was some WiLd
sewing. I've never modified a garment so drastically before. I'm
stocking up on mama points this week. Going to cash them in for
babysitting—starting tonight. Hooray for the weekend!
Today's giveaway is a collection of Heather Bailey paper-crafting supplies, including
a variety of clear stamps, ribbons, die-cut felt trim, stickers, ink
pads—all sorts of bright happy supplies. A $43 value.
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Today's giveaway will go through tomorrow as well and close at 11:59pm PST on Saturday 8/24/13. Watch for the winner to
be announced within the week at the bottom
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share the word. Check back every day. Good luck!
xo—Heather
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UPDATE:
Congratulations, Amberca ("I am a scrapbooker, i would love to win.")! You
win today's HELLO Giveaway (HB stamps, ribbons, ink, etc.). We will email you
with next steps. And congratulations to Jasmine Marie (@jasminemarie on Instagram)
for winning our Day 23 Instagram giveaway ($15 gift certificate). The giveaway is closed, but
you can still join the conversation and comment. xo—HB
Hahaha 15 inches? That’s a lot!!
Holy Alterations, Batman! Well done, hope you get some serious bonus points for that effort!!
Thanks for the giveaway–adorable goodies:)
Wow – those were some big pants! I remember the days of trying to find uniforms to fit everyone.
Love Heathers work
You did a great job on the uniform.
I do Project Life and regular scrapbooking and would love these
Pick me!
That is really using some ninja sewing skills!
Great modifying! Job well done & thank you for an awesome giveaway! Now that I have a daughter I am an avid scrap-booker.
This would be so fun to win!
Please let me win!
What an amazing alteration job.
I adore your beautiful products. I hope I am lucky enough to win them! Thanks!
Love the clear stamps!
These patterns make me happy, and make me wish summer never ended here in NJ! Great alterations, by the way…I bet with all the leftover material you could come up with something cool, like a matching top hat! Thanks for having an amazing line up of products!
Fab mom work!!! Lucky, lucky boy…
Thanks for the continued giveaways!!
I might actually get back to my scrap booking with these lovelies!
Crazy big pants! Great job with the altering! Thanks for the giveaway!
You are amazing. I wouldn’t have known where to start with 15 inches to take in.
What a handy mom!
Wonderful job on the alterations…bet your son is soooo happy that him mom is so talented! Love today’s giveaway!
Wow, great alteration job. I would have had to find someone to do it for me. I don’t sew clothes and wouldn’t know how to fix those pants.
Oh my gosh, that looks like a really hard job. Your alterations look great.
Amazing work! That’s one of the many things I love about sewing – being able to adjust something to make it work for you, instead of giving up. 🙂 Love the paper crafts!
this giveaway is just perfect now that I’m working on my daughter’s birthday party decorations.
Great job with alterations, I just need to be in such a good mood to do something like that, I would rather sew something new that make alterations
You are so talented!!
Fantastic job on the pants!
Great job with the extreme alteration! It may have been easier to start from scratch.
w00t! I love me some pretty paper!
Way to go Mom! Love the ribbon.
Great job! Thanks!
Love this! All sorts of creative vibes coming from this kit!
Great job on the pants and great giveaway.
Go mama! Great job on the alterations,
Loving that ribbon!
Those ribbons would make great dog collars. Good luck to me.
Oh yes, it’s always nice when Mom can come to the rescue! hanks for the fun give always Heather!
Nice!! Thank you Heather!
Nice job! That’s some serious alteration you got done there! And, another fab give-away opportunity! That’s a lot of birthday celebration you got going on there! 😉
Yes, please!
WOW! You do deserve a badge of sewing honor! I’m totally impressed!
Love the paper, especially love the ribbon!
Happy Birthday month! We share the same birthday. I’ve been trying to celebrate all month. Today, was a spa day with my bestie since first grade! You need to hit the spa this month. It was great! Thanks for all of the give-aways.
I can never decide which is my favourite – sewing or parpercraft. Nice to know I’m in good company. Great alteration work!
So talented, and generous! What a combo!
Onlyrileygirl@gmail…. Thanks!
Cheers to a job well done. Yummy craft supplies!
A crafter can never have too many supplies.. Thanks, again, for all the giveaways!!
Wow! Amazing alterations!
It would be scary to see who the pants fit… Maybe an old band director???
Sweet!
That is so funny! Oh, and the ribbons are very cute!
Impressive sewing skills!
Would love the chance to win some crafting goodies. Thanks for all the opportunities these last few weeks. X
Great giveaway, thank you!
Lovely designs! I could have so much fun with these!
Awesome giveaway!
Wow, what nice prize!
My favorite colours!
Many greetings
Chiara
I’m waiting a bit to cash in my GC! You have so much cool stuff in your store that I can’t decide. But I would love to win any of your other giveaway prizes! Thanks, Heather, for the month of amazing birthday giveaways!
You also have some serious alteration skills! It’s hard to believe those are the same pants.
YOWZA–you definitely deserve a Momma treat–an award for sure!! That’s alot of altering! I would not be able to do that!!
Thank for a chance to win some pretty crafting supplies!
Thanks for the giveaway!
You did a super job with the pants!
super excited-love paper crafting- just imagine all things one could make. BTW great job on the pants. thanks for the opportunity! -you have been teslly generous.
Please include me in this draw!! 🙂
Love this!
I especially love the ribbons. Beautiful package!
Awesome giveaway!! Thanks
So pretty, love your giveaways.
Thank you, Jan
Would be so fun to have. Thank you for the giveaways.
Jennifer
I’m in awe of you, fabulous work taking in 15 inches! You should feel very proud of yourself.
Pretty, pretty & pretty 🙂
Paper crafting supplies???!!! Oh my word! I have some hoarded paper from one of your long ago scrapbooking releases…YES hoarded…just waiting for something extra special to use it on…I know, if I love it so much I should use it but if I use it I no longer have it-funny, huh?!
I would love this prize!
I can’t believe how tall your son is, to think I have been following your blog since he was just a little guy! Makes me feel old….
He is a handsome boy, you are a good mama, I don’t know if I could have done a good job with those pants.
Gorgeous ribbon – great giveaway! I have a stack of Fresh Cuts ready to cut into a hst quilt to look like bobbins. Can’t wait!
Good job with the alteration! Altering is one of my least favorite things to do.
Love those ribbons!
Ribbons and stamps? – so much fun!!
Happy Saturday!
Awwww! What a good mama and a fun son to let you share the pics! 🙂 Thanks for the chance at more of your loveliness!
Great job on the band uniform. This giveaway looks dreamy. I would love the chance to win.
Love the ribbons and the paper goodies. thanks for the giveaway
Can always use more fun craft supplies. Thanks!
I know you said he was tall, but, wow, he is TALL and, very handsome! As for your mad sewing skills, you lost me at girth!
I would love to win this amazing pile of goodies because just yesterday my 17 year old daughter asked me to try to come up with a pretty keychain/necklace sort of thingy to put her keys on that looked different than all the ones the other girls use. She’s not a follow the crowd kinda girl, and these ribbons would be great, paired with some of your fabric I have stashed to make a special one for her.
Thanks for the opportunity!
Love, love, love those stamps!!!
Wow. Sounds like you could practically make a new set of pants from all the material you have to take out these for the alterations! Definitely worth some MAJOR mama points. ;o)
Oh, you are spoiling us with all these pretty giveaways, Heather. Thanks so much!
That was a great alteration job!
handsome guy, pretty giveaway!
Thank you for all the fun stuff so far…happy stitching 🙂
Smiles,
Becki
Me, my hubby, and all my siblings were band geeks! Love it! Way to go Mama for jumping in to save the day! Thanks for the chance to win.
Just showed the photos to my hubby. He shook his head and said, “band pants are the worst!”
Great job on the pants! The giveaway sounds like a fun batch of goodies.
Ooh – paper crafting supplies! My favourite!
Good job! And to think I get stressed out by a little hemming from time to time (how short is too short… arghhhh!) Love the photos, and the ribbon 🙂
Win win win
Wow, that is SERIOUS altering. Great Job! Love this give away.
HELLO! what an alteration!
Thanks for a chance to win!
You really should earn a mega sewing badge for that! I’ve been drooling over all your products in your store, and I especially love crafting with paper!
Nice job!
ourbusylittlebunch(at)hotmail(dot)com
Tweedle Dee for a 6′ 4′ boy? Awesome!
well done mama! i wouldnt know where to start with that kind of sewing. love the ribbon etc!
Great alteration:) My son is 6’6″ so I feel your pain:) It is so difficult to find clothing to fit him!!!
Wow! I’m very impressed with your alterations! The supplies are lovely too 🙂
You did a fantastic job! You’re a mom with skillz. 🙂
I am so impressed with the band uniform alterations. What a devoted mom!!!
I love collecting ribbons and other supplies. Usually I just end up looking at them instead of using them 🙂
ooo, lovely!!!
Gorgeous!
Count me in please!
Cute ribbons. Good job sewing!!!
The crafting supplies are in beautiful and playful colors. I love it!
Wow! What a transformation!
Amazing alteration!!
Nice job on the band uniform! Impressive!!
I’m loving the fun colors of the crafting supplies and would love to try them out in my paper crafts!!
Extreme Alterations–sounds like the theme for a competition reality show. Impressive work!
My daughter would love these! Awesome!
Thank goodness for my short, er, average height children as my alteration skills are also just average! Nicely done, mom! Would love to give your awesome crafting collection a nice home!
Thanks for the chance!
Kudos on the alterations! That’s a lot of sewing… I think I’d have used fabric glue….
Thanks again for the chance to win another great prize!
Your son would have been all ready for Halloween if you would have left the pants the way they were. But you did a fabulous job with your alterations.
Thanks for being so generous during your birthday month.
Oh my goodness I’d like to nominate you for double the mama points!!! Love the before and after! lol!
wow! you’ve got skills! with your story it almost seems like it would have been easier to start from scratch. 🙂
I’m very impressed with the alterations… and glad my son’s band uniform didn’t need any drastic changes.
I am a scrapbooker, i would love to win.
I love the before alterations picture. So cute!
Great, would love paper crafting supplies. I was a scrapbooker befor I was a quilter!
Excellent altering! Love the ribbons, and I would love some of your supplies.
I love these SO much!
That IS some wild sewing! I don’t know if I could handle that.
I think I’d have cut them apart and started from scratch with the fabric pieces! Great work!!!
The “before” pants are hilarious! You really worked some magic!! I need to get back to scrap booking . Thanks for the giveaway.
very impressive sewing skills
Cute ribbons!
You pretty well remade those pants. Hate that kind of job. I love the giveaway.
What lovely items to spend an afternoon!
Your pant altering job was amazing!
Definitely need some of these!
So cute! Thanks for the chance. The band uniform is so much better now!