Alterations

The high school Christmas Dance is just around the corner and that means it's time to alter more dresses! 
I'm not aware of a ready to wear dress that doesn't usually need some type of alteration. 
Hem alterations are probably the most common followed by sleeve additions or raised necklines.

Pictured below is a beautiful eyelash lace dress that needed to be taken in through the bodice and raised in the neckline.

I reset the invisible zipper to take in the bodice. This involved removing the zipper,  then reseting it with an invisible zipper foot.  Because of the busy lace pattern this was simple and additional changes did not need to be made to the bodice.

The original bodice was too low.  By folding the lace back on itself and stitching along the understitch line on the lining I was able to shorten the bodice without having to alter the neckline,  sleeve or disturb the delicate lace.  Stitching along the lining also helped increase the integrity of the lace along the seam.

I finished the new seam allowance with a slip stitch for a beautiful finished seam.