Craftiness Prevails!

You may {or may not} remember one of the dresses that I bought with my birthday moneys last week. One of them was ever so slightly...revealing. I loved the color and the style, but just couldn't deal with sooo much cleavage just being out there. I'm not the modesty nazi or anything but - call me crazy - I just don't want the entire world seeing all my cleavage. Some things are better left covered up! Anywho. I decided {with help from my hubby} to alter the dress and make it more modest. Today, I tackled that challenge. =)

Rarely do I buy clothes intending to alter them, but I liked this one so much... Plus, it was birthday money. That's what it's for! Well, sort of. So, here is the shot of the dress in its original state.

You probably can't tell that there's a really deep V...but there is! I promise you! So, the task was to cut a small piece of fabric and sew it into the lining of the chest portion of the dress. The hardest part about doing it was that I wanted to make sure not to sew it into the outside of the fabric. That would mean that my stitching would show... As a mostly novice seamstress {who am I kidding? I'm definitely a novice.} my sewing is rarely straight. Not to mention I hadn't really prepared for this project and I didn't have matching thread. I had "well this is mostly the same color" thread. =P


I cut out two pieces of fabric and sewed them right sides together, leaving a little bit open to turn right side out. I sewed up the whole and then attached it to the dress. Luckily, there is elastic right where I needed to attach the bottom part of the "modesty piece." I sewed that part with the machine and did the rest by hand. Yes, by hand. ::pats self on back:: I'm a little proud of myself for that. If you'd like to know how I did it, I used this tutorial for a blind stitch. Worked like a charm! See for yourself. =)

Looks pretty good on the hanger!

And it looks pretty good on the bod too!

{Please excuse my lack of makeup and hairstyle.}

So take that, silly immodest designers!! =P Personally, I think I improved the look of this dress. And, come on, who needs to go around town with their goodies showing? I don't! I also don't need a wardrobe malfunction!! I'd rather be safe than sorry, thank you very much.

Needless to say, I feel pretty good about my crafty side today. Have you altered clothes to make them look/fit better? Or am I the only one who buys things at full price and makes them into something they love even more?

P.S. Stay tuned for a giveaway! =)