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 […]
Posts Tagged / Neckline fix
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 […]
Filling in V-necks
For my body type V-necks NEVER work. They are always too low. And although I don’t mind the layered look of a tank-top underneath, I live in way too warm a climate to be wearing basically two shirts. So I took some tanks picked up for 25cents at the Thrift Outlet and cut out and sewed […]
Flower Shirt Refashion
A very simple yet effective refashion, I simply loved the print on this shirt I got at the Thrift Outlet for 50cents but it was several sizes to big and the neckline was way too low – and ruffles around the collar, why? A little seam ripper and a few stitches later and I have […]
Refashion to Princess Dress
This pink dress, picked up for 99cents at the Thrift Outlet was easily transformed into a Princess Dress with puff sleeves – my most functional (and pretty) sleeves added so far. The dress needed to be resized slightly so I seam ripped the shoulder straps and resewed them slightly shorter. I found a puff sleeve […]
T-shirt to Fitted Undershirt
Lauren had a black top with lace portions, thus she needed to wear a t-shirt under it and wanted a colored one as it would show through the lace. She found a green athletic fit t-shirt at the Thrift outlet for 25cents). Worn under the black top it was too bulky, and the v-neck conflicted […]
Beaded Neckline Prom Dress
Although Sierra was happy with the black lace overlay on the grey dress for Simply Prom- it’s not what she wanted to wear to her school prom. The 2nd dress that she bought at Bluebird resale shop, was the color she had hoped the original dress she ordered online would be. The cut of the […]
Spaghetti Straps to Sleeves on Dress
I found this gorgeous white spaghetti strap dress at the Thrift Outlet for 25 cents and having picked up a purple shirt for 25 cents on a previous trip to the Thrift Outlet, it seemed a perfect fit for adding sleeves and a little color to this dress. First I seam ripped the purple […]
Scoop Neck to Crew Neck
Sometimes you only need a small alteration to make it modest and this can be frustrating when you are shopping. For me one problem lies with scoop neck tees and I’m so excited that I’ve now found a quick and easy fix for these! Especially as I just picked up these three gorgeous color t-shirts […]