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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Adding Pleated Cap Sleeves to Prom Dress
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 […]