Monday, June 21, 2021

Saturday, June 19, 2021

Altering a high end dress

  I need to make this Herve Leger dress into one that is custom for my client to wear to a wedding.  It was all one length and she wanted it hi-low.  I have it cut and will finish it after another. I also modified how the back straps close.  Somehow I need to get boning of sorts into the top of the bodice. I think I found a way.  






Wednesday, June 16, 2021

pillow repair and new zipper

 It looks like my client's dog went after the pillow and thereby killed the zipper. All fixed.







Shortening challenge

 My client needed 1.5" off this lace edged dress. We decided to make a tuck in a seam at the hip and it looks great.  





Monday, June 14, 2021

Dress request

 My client saw this dress online and wants one like it for a wedding in July. First step, find similar patter to modify (I found one that will work), second step is to find fabric (this looks close) then the third step is to get my clients approval and get going!






Saturday, June 5, 2021

Repair - don't replace

 Another pair of jeans, saved from the trash bin.  Good for my client to get this done.







Thursday, June 3, 2021

Addition to vintage dress

 My client loves vintage designer dresses. But lots of times they don't fit because she is busty. For this dress, we altered it by adding a ribbon as an insert to the bodice side seam.




Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Zipper replacement

 It is hard to find pants that fit right and a total pain when the zipper breaks. You cannot fix thing like this, you need to replace the zipper. It is especially hard when the zipper was installed decorative stitching. Here is a before and after for a cute pair of jeans I worked on for a client. You really can't tell that I took her old zipper out and put a new one in.  

Before






During


After