Tuesday, 22 October 2013

A bit of a tweak here and there




I bought a great dress from a charity shop the other week which was perfect in colour and style but the neck stuck out a bit at the front.

I easily remedied it by putting a couple of simple tucks in the front



I had another dress that I wanted to wear for Modern Jive but when I lifted my arms, the short sleeves lifted the whole dress up making it very short.  I just cut each sleeve up the middle and hemmed round so now my arms go up but not the dress.




I got some bargain plants on the market last week.  Cyclamen were £1 each or 6 for £5, and the bare rooted wallflowers were 12 for £1.  I bought 12 cyclamen and 12 wallflowers and the stall holder only charged me £10.  It had been raining all day and there weren't many people about so he was glad to get rid of them.






The wallflowers are not worth photographing because they're only slips of things at the moment.

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16 comments:

  1. NanaDiana22 October 2013 at 02:54

    Great ideas on both dresses. The top one is all the "look" right now, too! Lovely flowers. xo Diana

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  2. Vix22 October 2013 at 07:35

    Great job on those two lovely dresses! Your cyclamens look gorgeous! x

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  3. greenthumb22 October 2013 at 09:54

    Looks like you got some great plants there.

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  4. char22 October 2013 at 10:22

    Oh, this reminds me that I really need to get on with my "to alter" pile.

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  5. Patricia22 October 2013 at 12:47

    That was a bargain buy. I love cyclamen they're so pretty. A good bit of alteration work on the dresses.
    Patricia x

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  6. Tracy22 October 2013 at 16:55

    What perfect tweaks for your dresses I shall have to keep these in the back of my mind for my charity shops buys. xx

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  7. Mylittlepieceofengland22 October 2013 at 17:06

    I love cyclamens, what a bargain. You're so talented, I wouldn't have a clue what to do to adjust an item of clothing :) xx

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  8. Winwick Mum22 October 2013 at 17:38

    Thanks for another inspirational blog post - I made a Sorbetto top after reading your post about it (my first foray back into dressmaking), but anxious not to make it too small I've actually made it too big so I need to use those same tucks on my top! What a bargain your plants were - cyclamen are so lovely x

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  9. Knatolee23 October 2013 at 02:26

    Do your cyclamens survive the winter there? I have one as a houseplant here.

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  10. Molly23 October 2013 at 19:13

    Love both your blue dresses - tucks and all. You had an absolute bargain with your cyclamen and wall flowers - they're lovely.

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  11. Highland Monkey's24 October 2013 at 16:02

    You clever girl. 2 simple solutions to two pretty dresses. Love the cyclamens and wallflowers are a bargain, they are a nice bright spring flower.

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  12. The Renegade Seamstress25 October 2013 at 00:42

    I'm your newest follower!! Thanks for voting for me.
    Beth
    aka
    The Renegade Seamstress

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  13. Lyn29 October 2013 at 12:03

    It is great to have some colour in the garden as we slip into winter.
    You are clever altering your clothes, I need to give it a try on all the many things hanging in my wardrobe that I have never worn.....I must be brave and have a try.
    xxx

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  14. Catherine30 October 2013 at 19:41

    Clever adaptations to your dresses. I love the fabric the first dress is made of (I wish one could buy such nice stuff by the metre)

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  15. Claire31 October 2013 at 10:45

    Great idea putting the tucks in the neckline, looks very effective and so 'in' at the moment. You are so inventive Georgia.
    Your Cyclamens look lovely and add some nice colour to the garden and I love Wallflowers they have the most beautiful perfume.......

    CLaire x


    Claire x

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  16. Glo31 October 2013 at 19:17

    Good tweaking :) Your plants were such a bargain and so pretty!

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