Western graduate and business owner Erin Huntsberry of Bowling Green measures a garment at Just My Fit, an alteration shop she operates from her apartment downtown. Huntsberry has been sewing since she was 8 years old. MARY POWERS/HERALD

Students who want their clothing altered only have to walk down the Hill into downtown Bowling Green to find what they need.

Erin Huntsberry opened Just My Fit, an alterations and design shop at 916 ½ State St., in April.

“I have a love-hate relationship with my job,” she said, while trimming fabric on her measuring table. “There are sometimes when I feel a little overloaded, but there’s no better feeling in the world when I finish a complicated job.”

Huntsberry, who does all of the alterations on her own, is from Gettysburg, Penn., but transferred to Western to major in design, merchandising and textiles. She left Western in 2007.

She said she decided to open Just My Fit because she longed to do something she felt passionate about, so she left her job as a waitress at a local restaurant and began to plan for her own alterations business.

Just My Fit caters to students’ needs, she said. The most popular services for students are jean hemming and changing the cut of a pair of jeans.

Hemming a pair of jeans costs $12 and taking in a pair costs from $15 to $20, depending on the amount of tailoring needed, Huntsberry said. Just My Fit also does formal dress alterations that cost from $15 to $40.

Gabriella Yokaris, a freshman from Peachtree City, Ga., said she’ll use Just My Fit for her Chi Omega formal dances.

“Because of my height, I have trouble finding dresses that fit me,” she said. “It’s really convenient ‘cause I won’t have to take my dresses to a larger city to get them fixed.”

Huntsberry’s former teacher, Cindy Jones, coordinator for the design, merchandising and textile major, said Huntsberry was a good student while at Western.

“She has so much entrepreneurial spirit and even in class her constructing skills were far above those of her peers,” Jones said.

Huntsberry’s store doubles as a home for her and her husband. Even her two gray cats, Pan and Tinkerbell, contribute as they slink stealthily across the room offering a break from the monotony in Huntsberry’s busy schedule.

“They’re my little greeters,” she said, beaming. “They make everyone feel welcome and they certainly like to make their presence known.”

Huntsberry said she’s hoping to expand the business in the future.

“We’re in the process of remodeling and I want to hire employees,” she said. “It’s going to be really difficult, but I love it and I really want to branch out.”

But she said she’d like to stay downtown on the square.

For more information about Just My Fit, visit its blog at justmyfit.squarespace.com.