I am not an alterations expert, but I like to help people out with them when it is something simple or just the right thing to do. A girl at church was trying to find a modest prom dress and ordered one online. But the neck-line was a bit low and the dress was way too long for her petite person. So I said that I would help. We raised the neck-line by tucking in some of the fabric at the back. That made the shoulder seams slide toward the back by a half inch or so, but it was an easy fix and much more modest all the way around.
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| Tucked the lace in at the back raising both the neckline and back of the dress |
It's a lovely dress. Delicate and stylish. I think this type of sleeve could also be replicated to make a sleeveless dress more modest too. I am kicking myself that I did not step back and get a better shot of the whole dress. I was a little distracted - a bumble bee decided to crawl up my pant leg while I was taking these pictures! I literally jumped out of my pants try to escape the buzzing that I knew must be a bee. My nice husband went up and captured the bee in a jar for the kids to get a good look at before freeing him outside.
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| The fabric is stretch and slippery so I did the hemming by hand |
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