Dresses and Gowns Archives - Page 4 of 14

Create small bustle on gown

How to create small bustle on gown is what this video is about. My client was leading the Year 12 formal (Prom) in the dancing (waltz) and her beautiful gown had a lovely train. She wanted to keep the train and didn't know what to do because in the waltz one has to step backwards. One method is to create a loop that she can hold with one finger, but this wouldn't work [...]

2017-04-16T17:38:25+10:00 By Judith aka genie|Categories: Dresses and Gowns|Comments Off

Dress or top strap broken

Have you ever had a dress or top strap broken? It happens a lot. I had a client bring me this dress and she said, "I really did not want to throw it away, because I really like it. But I can't fix it." So this dress for the sake of a very quick repair would have been thrown in the rubbish. You will be surprised how easy it is to do. [...]

2017-03-18T12:04:43+10:00 By Judith aka genie|Categories: Dresses and Gowns|Comments Off

Shorten peaked sleeves

This is a really beautiful dress. But the sleeves are too long. On top of that they flare out at the bottom. The manufacturer put a small hem on the sleeve. But it was twisted, and in my opinion did not look nice. I decided to put a bigger hem allowance on the sleeve, but that meant I needed to do some tweaking to the hem allowance so that it would sit [...]

2017-03-18T11:54:39+10:00 By Judith aka genie|Categories: Dresses and Gowns, Hints Tips and Ideas, Sleeves and straps|Comments Off

Sample video alteration bridesmaid gown too big

. This bridesmaid gown needed to be taken in. This type of video is only exclusive to my online tutorial Magic Circle. However I wanted to show you the type of garments they learn how to alter, and the level of difficulty of those alterations. Judith Turner

2017-02-12T16:43:34+10:00 By Judith aka genie|Categories: Clothes too big - Take In, Dresses and Gowns|Comments Off

Adding extension sides gathered stretch dress

This is a video on adding extension sides gathered stretch dress. The area around the waist is gathered. When adding an extension, make it look like it was never altered. This is important. Always repeat any feature. The second sewing tip is using fabric from the dress. The fabric is an animal print, so finding a contrast would be difficult. But the dress needed to be shortened. That [...]

2017-02-12T16:54:04+10:00 By Judith aka genie|Categories: Clothes too tight - Let out, Dresses and Gowns|Comments Off