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How to alter a baby dress? - Thanks for help Liz 01-13-2007
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Posted by Liz on January 13, 2007, 3:10 am
A rather belated thanks to all who offered suggestions on how to make a
pull-over baby dress a bit easier to get on and off.

I used Teri's suggestion to put a continuous lap opening in the back, and it
seems to have worked quite well, though I haven't put the buttons and
buttonholes in yet. (How do mothers of small children get any sewing done? I
did this while DH took DD out to the park.) The buttonholer on my HV Lily
was playing up, so I'll probably do them by hand.

Cheers,
Liz



Posted by AK&DStrohl on January 13, 2007, 6:25 am
> seems to have worked quite well, though I haven't put the buttons and
> buttonholes in yet. (How do mothers of small children get any sewing
> >done? The buttonholer on my HV Lily was playing up, so I'll probably do
> them by hand.

Liz, how about snap tape? Invisible, easy to close and open.
AK in PA



Posted by Liz on January 14, 2007, 12:42 am
>> seems to have worked quite well, though I haven't put the buttons and
>> buttonholes in yet. (How do mothers of small children get any sewing
>> >done? The buttonholer on my HV Lily was playing up, so I'll probably do
>> them by hand.
>
> Liz, how about snap tape? Invisible, easy to close and open.
> AK in PA
>

Probably a good idea, but I already had the buttons. DH took DD for a long
walk this morning so I got the buttonholes done by hand. It's a long time
since I've done buttonholes by hand, but they came out ok. Good enough for a
dress that she'll probably grow out of in a month or two, anyway :-)

Liz



Posted by Liz on January 18, 2007, 10:08 pm
>>> seems to have worked quite well, though I haven't put the buttons and
>>> buttonholes in yet. (How do mothers of small children get any sewing
>>> >done? The buttonholer on my HV Lily was playing up, so I'll probably do
>>> them by hand.
>>
>> Liz, how about snap tape? Invisible, easy to close and open.
>> AK in PA
>>
>
> Probably a good idea, but I already had the buttons. DH took DD for a long
> walk this morning so I got the buttonholes done by hand. It's a long time
> since I've done buttonholes by hand, but they came out ok. Good enough for
> a dress that she'll probably grow out of in a month or two, anyway :-)
>
> Liz
>

You can see the results at
http://life-of-louka.blogspot.com/2007/01/loukas-lovely-dress.html.

Liz



Posted by on January 18, 2007, 11:09 pm


Dear Liz

Louka is beautiful! And the buttons look fine. Two more would keep it
from gapping, but you're right--she'll outgrow it in a very few months.


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