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Another prom dress makeover. This one was a little different, it not only was strapless, but had a big gap in the back also.
So the solution was as follows: I took some of the very full underskirt and made it a straighter skirt. Using the cut off fabric, I pleated a piece of fabric that almost matched the pleats on the bodice. I then used a piece of cotton underneath, sewing the pleats down fabric to facing. The back shoulders were made the same, without the pleats. I secured the pleats with hand sewing. I used a basic wedge shape for the front and the back shoulder pieces.
As for the open area in the back, I simply made a "boob tube" using the rest of the satin and flesh colored swim suit lining. It is worn underneath the dress.
So the solution was as follows: I took some of the very full underskirt and made it a straighter skirt. Using the cut off fabric, I pleated a piece of fabric that almost matched the pleats on the bodice. I then used a piece of cotton underneath, sewing the pleats down fabric to facing. The back shoulders were made the same, without the pleats. I secured the pleats with hand sewing. I used a basic wedge shape for the front and the back shoulder pieces.
As for the open area in the back, I simply made a "boob tube" using the rest of the satin and flesh colored swim suit lining. It is worn underneath the dress.
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Makes me laugh, and remember how the year CL was married in August I made her a tankini with really wide straps--so that she wouldn't look like that in her fairly wide necked wedding dress!
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