Things You'll Need

Instructions

The dress shirt

1

Put on your shirt. Use pins to mark extra fabric from the sides of the shirt and from the sleeves.
2

Remove the shirt and mark the inside with chalk.
3

Invert the shirt and re-pin it on the inside along the chalk lines.
4

Sew just outside the pins, or along the chalk lines. Cut away the excess fabric and turn the shirt right-side out. The shirt is now tailored.

The pants

1

If you're hemming the pants, measure the amount you'll need to take in.
2

Fold the bottom of the pants in by that much. The hems should be done by hand from the inside out with matching color thread. Use a blind hem stitch, essentially only piercing the top fabric at distant intervals and only taking a very small amount of fabric.
3

Turn the pants right side out.

The jacket

1

Remove the lining. This can be done using the seam ripper along the lining's seams.
2

Turn the jacket inside out and put it on the wearer. Close the buttons and pin off the extra fabric.
3

Sew outside the pins and cut off the excess fabric. Reattach the lining if it's necessary.