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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...

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