Magically altering clothes

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 34547

Barb wrote:

>With this in mind, now one has to wonder why one can't put a 
> fairly long-lasting transfiguration spell on any garment to give it 
> any appearance one might wish.  THIS actually seems to be the bit 
> that JKR didn't think out too well, rather than the earlier part.
> 

I think it makes sense that wizards aren't able to mend their clothes 
with a long-lasting transfiguration spell.  It seems that mending a 
garment would require a specific spell.  A wizard might or might not 
be accomplished with the required spell, much the way certain muggles 
don't know how to sew.  After all, Ron alters his dress robes in GoF; 
he just does it very badly.

I'd also imagine that cooking works the same way; Molly knows how to 
make sauce out of her wand, but Snape might not.

Cindy (who definitely wouldn't trust Snape's cooking)