A friend who has moved came into town and we went on a resale shopping spree together, we were on our 3rd store and I’d been looking for a cute skirt but still hadn’t found one – then I thought to look at the dresses and found two I liked. I asked my friend which […]
Cleavage fix: Using the same lace purchased for the added sleeves the original idea was to add a scallop to each side of the lower portion of the v-neck but when I tried to figure out how to cut the lace this way I couldn’t so I ended up placing a smaller scallop right inside […]
Low Back Snap in Panel: The back of the dress was too low to be modest, the original dress came with a panel behind the corset style lacing which gave us the idea to create a 2nd panel higher up which would also be sewn to one side, and snapped to the other. I […]
Bust Resized: The dress was bought off the rack, and the only size available was several sizes too big. When Emily tried it on with the seamstress the sleeves fell off her shoulders but the seamstress told her that when she fully laced up the back they would stay up. Well, they didn’t and I could see […]
Alterations by Seamstress, total cost: 300$ 1) Hemming This dress has a lace hem, and that needed to be preserved so the seamstress cut the bottom of the dress, cutting around the lace pattern and resewed it higher on the dress. The charge for this hemming was 150$. 2) Adding Sleeves It took three tries […]
Knowing my neighbor, Emily, was getting remarried I’d asked about how she was doing finding a wedding dress and how she planned to have it altered, offering to help as needed. She found a dress, had it hemmed, bustled and bought similar lace to have sleeves added. She had difficulty communicating with the seamstress who […]
There have been a few name changes, from ‘Princess Academy Day Camp’ to ‘Princess Day Camp’ and finally this year I just started calling it ‘Princess Camp’ but the same model has been used over the years and 2018 was the best yet. I’ve tried to figure out what made it so much better this […]
I was given the lace overlay portion from the Two Dresses become a Two-in-One skirt And as I had kept the original lining I decided to reattach the lace to the original lining and make a skirt. We didn’t get a picture before we cut the top of the dress off, but it was just […]
Apparently you need two white dresses for your wedding these days! Actually the wedding ceremony was in the morning and so a 2nd dress was selected for more comfortable wearing later in the day. This one needed some very last minute alterations as Emily bought the dress the afternoon before the wedding and texted me […]
I love that I get new ideas for #ModestPrincess through helping others, a neighbor asked me to turn this long sleeve dress into short sleeved because it’s just so adorable and would be too small by the time the weather turns cooler again. Super easy alteration to make and a fabulous way to make a […]
I have refashioned several men’s white shirts into toddler white shirts, the first time I printed a pattern and followed a tutorial but when I went to make another one the website no longer had the tutorial and free pattern. I was able to enlarge and reuse the pattern but have had trouble finding a tutorial […]
Another too short dress, another easy lengthen. Easy choice here of white to lengthen and the best part is I had a piece leftover from a lining of a different refashion which worked perfectly and I didn’t even have to sew the hem, I used the existing rolled hem. The dress had a ridiculously large […]
Often dresses need just a few extra inches to be modest, this dress – purchased at a resale store was bought with the belt missing. With a 1/4 yard of black fabric a few inches were added and a matching belt made. Black is probably the hardest color to match, but as this dress has […]
A new challenge was given to me, turning an exercise tank into a modest workout top, and I’m pleased to say despite the difficulty of sewing stretchy knits it worked out great and turned into a great refashion as well as a modesty fix. First we cut the tank top straps off the top, curving […]
This Lace Dress just needs sleeves to #MakeitModest and the length was a bit awkward- not quite full length so we decided to shorten it and thus we’d have the matching lining and lace fabric to make #CapSleeves. Having measured how much shorter we wanted to make the dress (and made sure that would be […]
Sometimes skirts are just a little too short, and you sometimes might only find this out after wearing it for a few times. Based on the design it may just ride up a little too much when you sit down or bend over. Easy fix is a skirt extender and with some lace on […]
Each year, Princess camp gets better… and bigger! The 5th year was by far the largest group we had which came with a new set of challenges so I was very grateful for all the previous experiences and for the awesome Young Women and Adults who helped make it possible! We’ve kept a similar schedule […]
With only days to spare, Makayla brought over her strapless prom dress in need of a #ModestyFix. Luckily she just wanted simple straps with cap sleeves and I even had leftover fabric from Devyn’s Winter Ball Dress which just happened to match her dress! I first tried with a pattern I had used for a previous […]
A sister missionary wardrobe requires accessories which can quickly add up in cost. We got a few awesome print shirts for 25cents at the Thrift Outlet in colors that matched with our outfits and refashioned them into awesome infinity scarves with matching hair bows! First we seam ripped all the seams on the shirt, this particular […]
Buttons can make ALL the difference, here we took a very plain looking cardigan and made it a whole lot better just by swapping out buttons. Not much for instructions here, we seam ripped off the ugly plain buttons and sewed on some cute round buttons we’d collected from a previous refashion deconstruction. And this […]