2011.02.02.tad: dress alteration

today i finished a project that i started a while ago. i had bought a dress secondhand and didn't realize until later that it was actually a maternity dress. there was an inverted pleat in the skirt along the front that i took out and sewed back together after cutting excess fabric from the sides. i put it all back together, but the back of the dress didn't lay flat anymore, so my friend helped me pin darts into it to fix the problem.

to complete the project, i sewed the pinned darts into the skirt portion and also adjusted the torso darts to account for the narrower waist. i didn't have the right thread color, and my sewing machine tension seemed like it was a little off (i guess i'll have to deal with that at some point) so the new threads were too visible---i colored them with a sharpie to minimize them. here is the result with before and after pictures:

i need to iron it better before wearing but am overall happy with the adjustments. i have a closetful of clothing that needs similar alterations, so i might be posting more of these this month...

cross-posted here