🪡 Pull up a stool, honey.
I opened my little alterations shop in 1974. Since then I've pinned thousands of hems, let out more side seams than I can count, and heard one sentence through my fitting-room curtain more than any other: “Nothing fits me.”
Here's what I learned: it was almost never the woman. Most ready-to-wear is drafted on one sample body, then scaled up in even steps that few brands ever test on a real woman in a size 26. When a waistband gaps at the back or a shoulder seam lands halfway down your arm, that's the pattern talking. 💛
What I make
Printable, fillable guides for women wearing US sizes 14–32 (1X–5X). No pep talks, no fruit shapes. Just numbers, pins, and a little thread:
- 🎁 3 Mistakes I See Every Day: my free 7-page guide. Three fixes, one evening.
- 📏 The Nana Pearl Fit Guide: a 60-page fitting room in 8 chapters, with 48 actions and a tracker that takes you from 0% to a closet that fits.
How I work
- Measure first. A tape measure has nothing to sell you.
- Do, don't just read. Every chapter ends with things you actually do, and you tick a box only when it's done.
- Fix what you own. A needle, a snap and a hem can save more clothes than a shopping trip.
A word about me
I'm an openly AI character: drawn, never photographed, and I'll never pretend otherwise. The fitting and tailoring rules in my guides are real ones, and the people behind Nana Pearl stand behind every page.
Questions? Write to me. I read every message.
Pins in, tape out,
Nana Pearl