I thrifted this amazing crinoline slip. Made in the UK. It fit but it was too long for any of the dresses I wear. So I needed a refashioning fix. Its not exactly like my other refashions because its more like a functional fix than a style fix.
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| Upside down- but here it is! |
I decided I would shorten it from the top so I chopped off the elastic waist and then I chopped off some more length.
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| BYE! |
Next I folded the top over and pinned it. I made a large fold because I needed space to fit the elastic back in.
Then I sewed that down but I left a two inch space open so I can put the elastic back inside the new waist band.
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| Like this! |
Next I got out a knitting needle, scotch tape and that elastic piece. I taped one end of the elastic to the tip of the knitting needle and pinned the other end to that opening in the waist band.
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| And in it goes! |
I stuck the knitting needle through the waist band until it came out the other side. Then I pinned together the two ends of the elastic and sewed them together.
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| Emergence! |
Next I sewed that opening closed.
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| Its not the neatest sewing job but no one is going to see it! |
Now its short enough to wear under my dresses AND the length is adjustable- I wear it around my waist to keep it shorter and for longer dresses I can pull it down to sit on top of my hips.
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| Here it is without a dress |
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| And here it is with a dress! |
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