Savers restyle

 I found this black dress/shirt/coaty sort of thing at Savers in Dandenong a few months ago and decided that it was very 'me'. The only thing that I wasn't massively impressed with was the transparent lace panel around the waist. This stopped it being work-friendly as most of my colleagues probably wouldn't appreciate a belly button display...

Solution: a piece of black cotton stitched as a panel on the inside of the dress/shirt/coaty thing to prevent gratuitous belly button flashing.

Finished product.

Escape Artist Dress

I found this interesting-looking homemade 1940's dress at an op-shop. It had a beautiful sweetheart neckline and I could tell that it would fit just by looking at it. But there was one problem...no way to get into it. I'm not sure what shape the creator was, but it is a fitted dress with no zips, buttons or hooks. My theory is that the maker finished it and realised her mistake. Sometimes it's better to get rid of the evidence by giving it to an op-shop that to undo all your good work. Or she may have been an escape artist...

Sweetheart neckline with black piping.

 Seams finished with pinking shears. Haven't seen that for ages.

 I unpicked one side seam and added a white zip. Problem solved!

It's not the sort of thing I'd wear on a regular basis, but with a red cardigan and post-war hairdo, it'd be great for a 1940's event.