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Posted by Liz on December 28, 2006, 6:01 am
Hi all,
My little girl (10 months) received a beautiful dress for Christmas. It's a
simple pull-over-the-head style with a yoke and gathered skirt, no
buttons/zips/fastenings of any sort. It looks absolutely beautiful on her.
HOWEVER, it's a nightmare to get on and off. The neckline is only just big
enough to get her head through, and though the yoke is not tight at all when
it's on, it's pretty hard to get her arms through, especially the second
arm. I'm thinking I'll have to cut it down the back, which will increase the
head opening and get rid of the yoke tightness, but there's no seam there so
I'd be losing fabric. There are no shoulder seams either, only side seams.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to go about this, and what sort of
fastenings would work best?
Thanks for any help,
regards,
Liz
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Posted by IMS on December 28, 2006, 9:17 am
>Hi all,
>
>My little girl (10 months) received a beautiful dress for Christmas. =
It's a=20
>simple pull-over-the-head style with a yoke and gathered skirt, no=20
>buttons/zips/fastenings of any sort. It looks absolutely beautiful on =
her.=20
>HOWEVER, it's a nightmare to get on and off. The neckline is only just =
big=20
>enough to get her head through, and though the yoke is not tight at all =
when=20
>it's on, it's pretty hard to get her arms through, especially the second=
=20
>arm. I'm thinking I'll have to cut it down the back, which will increase=
the=20
>head opening and get rid of the yoke tightness, but there's no seam =
there so=20
>I'd be losing fabric. There are no shoulder seams either, only side =
seams.
>Does anyone have any suggestions on how to go about this, and what sort =
of=20
>fastenings would work best?
>
>Thanks for any help,
>regards,
>Liz=20
>
I take it that returning it for a larger size is not an option?
-Irene
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.=20
--Mae West=20
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Posted by Val on December 28, 2006, 2:05 pm
Since your baby is only 10 months old, and babies have a tendency to grow
rather quickly, she just may not be wearing that little dress long enough to
bother fixing it. If there is absolutely no way to exchange it for another
size (which even if you did you'd be back to the same problem in a few
months) you might be able to harvest some fabric from the bottom of the
skirt to alter it.
I'm not sure what kind of hem or how deep it is but you may be able to cut
the bottom off the skirt, just above the hem stitches.
re hem the dress-
take out the side seams of the cut off hem and remove the hem stitches-
slice the back of the dress open-
stitch each length of cut hem down the sliced back, place the cut edge of
the hem to the cut edge of the dress back so when you fold it over after
sewing the hem crease will be the center back and the edge of the hem that
was folded over when originally stitched will fold to the underside of the
dress back slit. You can either stitch in the ditch or hand stitch this
down.
Do the same on the other side and you'll have finished off the raw slice
down the back and also have enough overlapping from both sides with your
newly attached harvested material to put in little buttons or snaps.
The skirt will obviously be shorter but that probably won't be a problem.
You could always put on a cute pair of ruffled diaper covers (rumba panties)
or something like that.
I've reread this several times, I hope it makes sense to you.
Val
> Hi all,
>
> My little girl (10 months) received a beautiful dress for Christmas. It's
> a simple pull-over-the-head style with a yoke and gathered skirt, no
> buttons/zips/fastenings of any sort. It looks absolutely beautiful on her.
> HOWEVER, it's a nightmare to get on and off. The neckline is only just big
> enough to get her head through, and though the yoke is not tight at all
> when it's on, it's pretty hard to get her arms through, especially the
> second arm. I'm thinking I'll have to cut it down the back, which will
> increase the head opening and get rid of the yoke tightness, but there's
> no seam there so I'd be losing fabric. There are no shoulder seams either,
> only side seams.
> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to go about this, and what sort of
> fastenings would work best?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> regards,
> Liz
>
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Posted by Veloise on December 28, 2006, 2:13 pm
Liz wrote:
> My little girl (10 months) received a beautiful dress for Christmas. It's a
> simple pull-over-the-head style with a yoke and gathered skirt, no
> buttons/zips/fastenings of any sort. It looks absolutely beautiful on her.
> HOWEVER, it's a nightmare to get on and off. The neckline is only just big
> enough to get her head through, and though the yoke is not tight at all when
> it's on, it's pretty hard to get her arms through, especially the second
> arm. I'm thinking I'll have to cut it down the back, which will increase the
> head opening and get rid of the yoke tightness, but there's no seam there so
> I'd be losing fabric. There are no shoulder seams either, only side seams.
What's it look like? If it's a solid, almost any contrasting fabric
would do to provide a back opening facing. If it's a print, pick up
something that coordinates with it in a solid color.
And, as someone else mentioned, she'll be growing tomorrow...
HTH
--Karen D.
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Posted by on December 28, 2006, 2:44 pm
Dear Liz,
A continuous lap opening can be put in the back, and you don't need a
seam; it'll be invisible when done. Use a contrasting or matching
color from your scrap box, preferably from a tape selvage edge. Draw a
straight line down the back of the dress, the length you want the
opening to be. Stay stitch with tiny stitches 1/4 inch from the line,
tapering to the line at the bottom, two stitches across the bottom,
then taper back up to 1/4 inch on the other side of the line. Slash
along the line right down to the two tiny stitches across the
bottom--be careful not to cut through the stitches. Cut a piece along
the selvage edge two inches wide by twice the length of the opening (I
usually allow a little more). Using the selvage edge as the "raw"
edge, put the right side of the strip on the wrong side of the fabric,
and sew on top of your original stitching. Straighten out the dress
when you get to the bottom of the opening, so that you are sewing in a
straight line. Press the layers towards the strip; press in 1/4 inch
along the length of the strip; Fold the strip in half lengthwise, so
that the pressed edge just covers the previous stitching; sew in place.
The left side is folded to the inside and secured; the right side
stays open, so you can add a button or snap. As the last, finishing
touch, you can miter the bottom fold of the opening to keep it from
popping out.
Teri
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