I got a dress from a really nice store like Macys, and while I loved the fabric and the drape, I just didn't have the tracks of land to make it fit properly. So rather than go under the knife, I shortened the dress straps and turned it into an Empire waist gown. It's lovely.
I'm also in the habit of taking in dresses or jackets or sweaters and adding my own buttons. For a really cool pea coat which had front seam pockets that bagged unattractively, ruining the lines, I sewed the pockets closed and changed the buttons. It came out rather well. Marjorie Marjorie Gilbert author of THE RETURN, a novel set in Georgian England Third Place, Royal Ascot 2009 www.marjoriegilbert.net www.gilbertinfrared.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
