Sunday, July 10, 2011

A Small Repair To My Reputation

This was a little project I did a few weeks ago. I had been wearing this dress all summer even though it was scandalously short, especially for someone who spends a lot of her days bending over and crouching to retrieve documents on low shelves.

Some time ago I had purchased a 1/2 yard of a coordinating Calla Green Weavers cloth for $2.25 to add a tier to the bottom of the skirt. I will not tell you how long it took before I finally sewed it on or the very short amount of time it took in order to do it. However, I will show you how cute it looks!


New Look 6939

This dress was originally made to be little less than 34" long, it is now comfortably worn at 36.5" by adding a 6" strip of fabric and topstitching the join. So much more comfortable. And so much more decent!

11 comments:

Debbie Cook said...

Hah! Funny post, but great "addition" to the dress. It really adds a nice touch, and I don't mean just in length.

Marie-Christine said...

Should there ever be a contest about ratio of waiting to sewing time, I'm sure you'd have heated competition for the prize. I like what you did. But I think it's a bit..naked. How about some upper detail to remind us that both fabrics are a planned part of the dress? A small bias at the neckline, a big sideways tab, a chest pocket, something?

jen said...

It's cute and looks intentional!

Skye said...

Hi! I'm Skye and I just found your blog from a google search of sewing blogs. I like yours. I just became a follower! This dress hem is really cute! My sewing blog is www.decemberskye.com

Anna Christina said...

I love the two colors together. For a casual dress, it became a bit more elegant.

Antoinette said...

The extra band on bottom looks great! It's always the easy stuff that seems to take the longest to get around to.

Elaray said...

Great save! The addition looks like it belongs right where it is.

Kerry said...

Nice work. THe extra band looks perfect and keeps the mod look of the dress.

Claire (aka Seemane) said...

Luv it - so simple, and v. chic, looks like it was meant to be there from the start :) !

Audrey said...

The fabric band co-ordinates perfectly. It looks really pretty. That color of mint green is one of my favorites for summer, but it can be hard to find.

The Slapdash Sewist said...

Good eye on picking the coordinating fabric! It looks like a "design opportunity" and not a mistake. Hem lengths are so tricky. I generally err too long but sometimes I get a wild hair and go way too short and then am uncomfortable.