I buy blouses a larger size so the shoulders fit, however, they are always too large in the bust area. What is the best way to alter them to fit?
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If you are adept at sewing, you can make thin, triangular darts at angles to help bring in the bust area. Be sure to pin carefully and try on (carefully so you don't get stuck) to make sure you like the lines before you stitch.
I am an accomplished seamstress and I can tell you, I would not undertake alterations any more because today's store bought clothes are very flimsy and the lines are going to be changed and they may not be comfortable in other places.
There are lots of YouTube videos to make these type of adjustments if you are a visual person. Just put altering blouses in YouTube's search.
I know this is an expensive option, but we have a friend whose sister had very similar issues to yours and she had a seamstress make her shirts custom. She invested in 7 shirts for work and rotated through them changing them up with jackets or scarves.
They were very high quality and lasted her for years before she had to have new ones made (and that was mostly due to style color pattern changes. Most of these were neutrals (cream, black, red, white and 2 pattern ones). It was the best decision she ever made!
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If you can see, make a dart so that the point is at the center of the side of the breast.
Do you have a sewing machine? Alterations are difficult to do without one.
Are you adept at sewing more than just seam repairs?
Alterations can be very tricky - instructions may sound easy but rarely are and watching someone can be useful but the style of garment may not be the same as yours.
Do you have older blouses to experiment with?
Here is a link to a site that has a lot of information about alterations but there is a very good video on simple blouse alterations about half way down.
You can place a free ad on Craigslist, Nextdoor.com, OfferUp, LetGo and other local sites requesting help with blouse alterations with just your phone number so you can check them out before meeting them somewhere public.
You can discuss (over the phone) what alterations you need and if you find someone you cal let them do one blouse before committing to more pieces.
Do not be shocked by the rates as alterations are usually expensive but doing it this way you may find someone that just wants to make some extra money.
If you want to go the route of having custom made blouses I would suggest you have one blouse made, check it out and if it feels like you want it to, discuss making several blouses using the same pattern (should be less money than the first 'prototype').
Several options but only you know what will work best for you.
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