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 […]