Saturday, July 23, 2011

Weekend Project: "Waisting" Away...

A waist is a terrible thing to mind.
~ Variously attributed

So, I'm trying to get a size 4 women's evening gown dress pattern to fit my 10-year-old niece. While she recently had an upward growth spurt, she's still waiting for her curves to come in.

I would be in way over my head, except for one bit of luck - the crux of our fitting problems are based on a single pattern piece - the waist band. In its first incarnation, it would be about 27 inches (after the installation of a zipper).



It needs to be closer to 31 inches. Happily, the bodice above the waistband and the skirt below the waistband are both gathered! So, I removed the first waistband...


And cut a new one - extending it a total of 4 inches.


Now I'll just let out the bodice & skirt gathers a little bit, to fit with the new waistband. It should work, right? Keep your fingers crossed for me!

I'll let you know how it turns out...

I hope everyone had a good sewing weekend and is ready for a new week. :)

2 comments:

Sheila said...

It looks like it will work... the color is pretty.

gwensews said...

By now, you probably know the outcome of your alteration. Hopefully, when you let out the gathers, there was enough fabric to accomodate those 4". Let us know.