#112 – Altered

I’ve been looking for a jersey dress for the summer & traveling. Something that could be casual in the day & dressed up for night. I just couldn’t find anything that fit me correctly, a problem I’ve always had with dresses. I realized I was going to have to follow the advice they always give on What Not To Wear & get one altered. Well, not get one altered but alter it myself. This dress fit perfectly from the waist down but the top was too big so I ended up taking it in about 2 1/2 inches per side. (Sometimes I have a hard time imagining who these dresses will fit).Then I cut away the excess & used a zig-zag stitch to finish the seams. I really should have taken the lining off the top & sort of remade the dress but that was just too much work & I think this looks fine.