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How To Add a Corset Back to Your Wedding Dress

Have you found the perfect dress, but it won’t zip up in back? It looks and fits great everywhere else, but you just can’t zip it up? Well, here’s an alteration you can do to fix that problem. I’ll show you how to add a corset back to your wedding dress (or any dress) and…

Putting Darts in a Tank Top or Dress

By: Linda July 27, 2009February 22, 2018

Alterations, Basic Skillsalter, Alterations, darts, dress, how to put darts into a tank top or dress, how to sew darts into a garment, how to take in a top at the bust area, how to take in the bust, sew, sewing, tank dress, tank top7 Comments

Do you have a tank top or sleeveless dress that doesn’t fit well on top? Is there extra fabric hanging loose between the shoulder and armpit? Alot of loose fitting tops and dresses are made without alot of tight fit to them in that area. But you can do a simple alteration to make it fit…

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