I set the sewing machine up today and gathered my pile of projects. Let's see how many I can complete today!

I'll try to update as I go along.

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First up is this totally cute blouse that has the unfortunate tendency to gap-gap-gap between the buttons.



I cut about 2 inches below the lower belt seam.



Then I folded and straight-stitched two seams, one just below the belt area which will now have a crisp finish and the second on the interior of the shirt. I simply finger-pressed the excess material up to the upper belt seam and straight-stitched the two together.

I hope that made sense...here it is completed!



With my fav retro dress, I pulled the polka dot ribbon through the belt loops and I really like how it looks!



And with a second dress. I found some thinnish grograin ribbon that I'll leave on for most of the time. I think this is the perfect solution for the summer and all those empire-waist sundresses that are out and about this year. I can slip this light cotton top on and not freeze in Mass now!

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Next up was a girl's dress that I found somewhere and loved the stripes! I am such a stripes and polka dots girl. :) But, as I said above, it was a girl's dress with a wierd little tie jacket sewn on the front and puff paint pansies.

Out came the scissors and off came the odd bodice.



Leaving a cute skirt that's nice a stretchy and cool being made out of nothing more than cotton t-shirt material. Sewing-wise I simply tightened the waist abit along the side seams.

Sorry for the incredibly odd pose, I was trying to balance the camera on the combing of the cockpit.

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You saw this dress above with the little spencer jacket but it needed a little tightening on the back smocked area and I raised the front from a plunging to a not quite so low neckline by cutting the looping piece of material that was gathering the material into a V and resewing it looser.



Do you know how hard it is to take a picture of your back? I have too many shots like this.