All ruffled out.
I learned the hard way that altering dresses is NOT EASY. /(_ _)\
Despite how fun and hassle-free the process appears in 5-minute long YouTube tutorials, you need to invest a lot of time and energy, frequent fittings (YES - similar to if you were creating a dress from scratch) and patience. Let's not forget the time it takes to alter something depends on what you're altering and what alterations you plan to make.
Having said that, I've managed to finish Phase 1 of my flamenco dress-makers journey by mastering the art of creating and attaching *drumroll plz*
RUFFLES ^^'
Here are some pictures of my lovely friend Mar posing with the dress I altered for her. I should have taken a before and after pic so you guys could have an idea of how the original dress. Anyway, it was a basic sheath dress, with a round neck and reached just to Mar's knees. That's pretty much it.
Modifying the front was the most challenging because the neck line had to be reshaped from boatneck to simple 'v' neck. I ended up removing the original facing entirely and creating brand new facing for the new neck style. My only regret is that I didn't factor in how heavy the dress would be after adding the skirt and ruffles because IT DOES droop a bit, meaning that it's a bit lower in the neck than what I'd anticipated but Mar doesn't seem to mind. Thankfully, she's easygoing. (￣▼￣)
The idea was to have the ruffles criss-cross in the front and the back but while sketching, I changed my mind and decided the ruffles should meet in a 'v' shape in the back. Mar wasn't disappointed in the least and the skirt looks lovely from the back, don't you think? ;)
Despite how fun and hassle-free the process appears in 5-minute long YouTube tutorials, you need to invest a lot of time and energy, frequent fittings (YES - similar to if you were creating a dress from scratch) and patience. Let's not forget the time it takes to alter something depends on what you're altering and what alterations you plan to make.
Having said that, I've managed to finish Phase 1 of my flamenco dress-makers journey by mastering the art of creating and attaching *drumroll plz*
RUFFLES ^^'
Here are some pictures of my lovely friend Mar posing with the dress I altered for her. I should have taken a before and after pic so you guys could have an idea of how the original dress. Anyway, it was a basic sheath dress, with a round neck and reached just to Mar's knees. That's pretty much it.
Modifying the front was the most challenging because the neck line had to be reshaped from boatneck to simple 'v' neck. I ended up removing the original facing entirely and creating brand new facing for the new neck style. My only regret is that I didn't factor in how heavy the dress would be after adding the skirt and ruffles because IT DOES droop a bit, meaning that it's a bit lower in the neck than what I'd anticipated but Mar doesn't seem to mind. Thankfully, she's easygoing. (￣▼￣)
The idea was to have the ruffles criss-cross in the front and the back but while sketching, I changed my mind and decided the ruffles should meet in a 'v' shape in the back. Mar wasn't disappointed in the least and the skirt looks lovely from the back, don't you think? ;)