Off season? Maybe I could.....Fix the straps on a dress

2 months ago I went shopping at Plato´s Closet´s bag sale with my sister. At $15 for a stuffed bag, we decided to shove as many things in the bag as possible without waiting behind thousands of tweens in line for the fitting rooms. Since we averaged out at 50 cents per item, we decided the cost/benefit didn´t make trying things on worth it.

Which meant about a third of our finds went directly to Goodwill after being tried on at home. I kept one dress around even though the straps were approx a foot too long formy shoulders.

Since it´s off season, I decided to try my hand at hand sewing.

Time: approx 1 hr
Materials: 1 dress, seam ripper, scissors, needle, thread
Cost: 50 cents for dress
Satisfaction: * * * * *
What I learned: I have small shoulders. Hand sewing gives you more control than machine sewing and is worth it for small areas (aka dress straps). SOME alterations give can make a big difference in the fit of a piece of clothing without much effort. I´ve worn the dress twice already since finishing it. Great success. Great dress.