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 […]
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Wedding Dress Modesty Fixes – Alterations by Seamstress
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 […]
Wedding Dress Modesty Fixes
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 […]
Adding Sleeves and Back Panel to White Formal Dress
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 […]
Long Sleeve to Short
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 […]
Lengthen a Dress
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 […]
Lengthen Dress & Add Belt
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 […]
Exercise Tank to Exercise Top
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 […]
Adding Sleeves to Lace Dress
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 […]
Skirt Extender
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 […]