So, I think this post needs a bit of explanation before I even start in on it because the dress is not immodest. My friend here picked out this dress, but it didn't quite fit her right and even though it's modest I decided to put it up here because sometimes one does find an outfit that could be made perfectly modest with a little simple alteration, which is what I did to this dress.
As you can see, the dress is a little large in some areas like the sides and the shoulders. I started with the shoulders. All you need to do to take in a seam is find where it has already been stitched and start there and go in however much you need and then go back to the original stitching line, so the stitch stays looking straight. I did the same thing to the sides, but my pics of it flopped, so you are stuck with the shoulder pic :(
However, sometimes you just can't get the sides to look just right. The easiest way to handle this is to make some ties. You need to cut a strip of fabric as long as you want the tie and just over twice the width. You fold the fabric in half longways and sew the long edge and one of the short edges.
The you turn the tie inside out and tuck in the unsewed edge.
Okay, so there are two main ways you can sew the ties to whatever. You can a) be super ambitious and open up the side seam, insert the tie and resew it or you can b) lay the tie over the side seam going towards the front and sew it down. Then when you flip it back, the tie looks like it was sewn in the side seam.
And here is her dress - fits a bit better huh? (not to mention that ties can really make a dress or shirt look waaayyy cuter :) ).
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