I decided to alter this dress - my mum originally wore it to my auntie's wedding as her bridesmaid.
To begin with, I changed the sleeves/straps from the large puffed ones to the 3cm straps. I unpicked them from the dress, then used the fabric to make straps and restitched them.
Then I took it up by about 30cm by hand stitching the outer and machine stitching the lining. (Before hand stitching I zigzag stitched the raw edges).
I then took it in by pinning it when it was on me, and drawing chalk lines either side of the fold. Then I unpinned, took it off and tacked it so that the fold was on the inside. Then I machine stitched it.
All in all it took quite a while because I kept double checking everything because I was really anxious about making a mistake, but I don't regret the decision to make it at all. Prom was so much fun and everyone looked amazing!
I have lots of projects lined up for the summer, so now that this is done I can concentrate on those!
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