Dress questions

[evilnel]

Hello all. Thanks for being such a great resource. I have another question for you, this time about dress alterations. I bought my dress several months ago, and my wedding is on September 21st. My dress doesn't need major alterations--a bustle, some decorative buttons added over the zipper, and possible being let in or out slightly depending on if

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[funnibunni80]

Why not just plan a weekend trip out to where you fiance is? Then you can get you alterations done and have some snuggle time. :) It doesn't have to be exactly a 8 weeks out. can you do it earlier, or later? Or have the alterations done where you are now?

[evilnel]

The problem is that I'm an intern pastor and so I work on Sundays and Monday is my day off so any trip necessitates a long drive and a sort of complicated problem of being out of the community... I would do it here, but then what if I need final adjustments right before the wedding... where do I go?

[countessof_roth]

As someone who does alterations on the side, and has only ONCE done bridal, at the very last minute and given a damn near impossible task (taking a 14 dress to a size 26 >_< )

Have your initial big stuff done locally, then if anything else needs to be done, it'll be quicker for someone at your new locality to do less rather than more.

[evilnel]

Wow, that must have been quite a feat!

Do you think a shop would do those minor tweaks like a week or two out?

[countessof_roth]

I'd do closer to 2 definitely but yeah. You might even be able to find someone like me (I'm not local) who does it freelance.

And as for the other dress, it was. I ended up not even letting it out (did I mention it was BEADED?!?) and pulling the zipper out and creating a corset back. Wasn't perfect but it worked

[eightydollsyell]

I did fairly minor alterations to my dress at a local seamstress the week of my wedding and nothing other than that. (I needed the straps shortened and a bustle added)

[funnibunni80]

IAWTC

[jordanzwei]

My alterations on my wedding gown took less than one week to complete, start to finish.

I had previously ordered the extra fabric needed, and my alteration was to build a corset back into my dress. The corset back was a different color, so the lacing loops, corset ribbon and corset panel had to be created with the special fabric and built into the dress.

It should be noted that I didn't get any hemming or anything like that, because my dress came in the right length for my height.

As long as the type of alterations you're getting are fairly standard, I think 4 weeks is plenty of time!

Don't dawdle, of course, but there isn't much that a good seamstress can't do in 4 weeks. :)