Of course our bodies are all slightly different, and I am not the same uniform size and shape as everyone else who buys the same size dress in M&S - which means that I go round in clothes which more or less fit and suit, most of the time.
This is a shame as all it would take for the standard size garment to fit and 'hang' better is likely to be an easily do-able tweak - maybe a dart, maybe move a button, maybe shorten a skirt an inch - well within my capability.
Armed with this knowledge, I have this week attempted to make an alteration to a knitted dress. The dress is fantastic in all respects with the exception of the neck. I put the dress on, and I magically grow an additional number of chins. The turtle neck transforms me into Velma from Scooby Doo - not a great look.
So after a certain amount of wrangling with a pair of scissors and darning needle, I have turned the turtle neck into a crew neck - a huge improvement.
So that's my week 20 Challenge - done!
You clever, clever girl. I hate anything to do with garment sewing. Couldn't get in the garden today so finally mended two pairs of gardening trousers, altered some walking trousers and mended a rucksack. Lordy, give me a nice flat quilt any day!
ReplyDeleteI figure that if I can get to grips with that tricky quilting malarky, then surely I can put in a couple of row of stitches to alter/adjust a dress. Different, that's all. :-)
DeleteI think that was a great idea. I just don't buy/knit anything with a turtle neck, though I do wear skivvies in winter, rolled down about 3 times, as I have a scraggy neck.
ReplyDeleteUsed to like garment sewing, but do very little these days, a bit like Bilbo, liking my quilting too much.
Yes, I wouldn't have bought the turtle neck for preference, but the rest of the dress ticked all the right boxes so I thought I could live with it. Drove me mad, though, so I'm glad I made the alteration.
DeleteI'm not sure if I'm a dressmaker at heart, but I should be better at alterations - I'd be so much happier if the clothes I bought actually fit all over rather than being a compromise.