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Suggestions for restyling a tiny vintage dress?
I recently picked up a slightly damaged vintage evening gown many
sizes too small for me, because I wanted to pick off the trims for another project - heh, heh. The trims were just tacked on and came off easily. Once I stripped the trim off, I could see the fabric itself is gorgeous. I desperately want to adapt it into something to fit me, and I think I have figured out how I will restyle and repair the bodice and sleeves but I'm uber-pearshaped and whomever this was made for was slim hipped, so it's the barely a-line 7 panel skirt that has me a bit stumped. It's so narrow that if I enlarge it by adding godets/gores in a coordinating fabric, the insets will have to go all the way up to meet the bodice. I'm afraid that will look too much like a circus tent! I'm wondering if I could flip the panels so the current hem becomes the waistline and then use the insets to fill in the gaps that would naturally be created below? - but I can't really envision it in my head. Has anyone ever tried this? Did it work? Or does anyone have another idea? I hate to just add a big wide panel of the contrast fabric, now that I've figured out how to restyle the bodice so it won't look patchy. |
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"BijouEtBeau" wrote in message om... | I recently picked up a slightly damaged vintage evening gown many | sizes too small for me, because I wanted to pick off the trims for | another project - heh, heh. The trims were just tacked on and came | off easily. | | Once I stripped the trim off, I could see the fabric itself is | gorgeous. I desperately want to adapt it into something to fit me, | and I think I have figured out how I will restyle and repair the | bodice and sleeves but I'm uber-pearshaped and whomever this was made | for was slim hipped, so it's the barely a-line 7 panel skirt that has | me a bit stumped. | | It's so narrow that if I enlarge it by adding godets/gores in a | coordinating fabric, the insets will have to go all the way up to meet | the bodice. I'm afraid that will look too much like a circus tent! | | I'm wondering if I could flip the panels so the current hem becomes | the waistline and then use the insets to fill in the gaps that would | naturally be created below? - but I can't really envision it in my | head. Has anyone ever tried this? Did it work? Or does anyone have | another idea? I hate to just add a big wide panel of the contrast | fabric, now that I've figured out how to restyle the bodice so it | won't look patchy. I have another idea for you that may work out..... Why not make a completely new straight skirt out of the contrast fabric. Then open one of the seams on the old one and add a tie to the top. You could wear it over the new skirt as a peplum, or wear just the new skirt alone with the top. This way you would get to looks for the price of one. -- Hugs, Lynn *strip CLOTHES to reply* Homepage: http://members.shaw.ca/sewfinefashions/ See my boys: http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/papavince_29/ |
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