Alteration Help

A while ago at a vintage fair in York I bought this dress

It has been sat in my wardrobe since then, occasionally being brought out a longingly looked at. I have not yet been able to wear it as I am unable to fit into it. Now you may wonder why I bought it if it didn’t fit, however I really couldn’t leave it there, it is made from a gorgeous Liberty fabric and it is so me! The only part that doesn’t fit is around my chest at the back  where the zip wont do up. The rest fits perfectly and looks lovely!

A dress for a date with the sun!

So today I attempted to sew a dress I had seen at Kojodesigns, similar to one sold in GAP. I had bought some lovely material I had scavenged from Abakhans and set to work!

I found that I deviated from the tutorial as I was struggling with the lining part of the dress, so ended up making it up as I went along! The main thing I struggled with was doing the darts in the front piece of fabric. I also made a few errors in the size of the fabric, so ended up putting a bit of elastic in the front piece as well as the back. All in all though I don’t think it turned out too bad, and at least I have learned lots for my next try!

I still have a lot of fabric left over, so thinking of giving this maxi dress a go!

Sarah x