A Historical Alteration. ;)

Hello! How are you all this afternoon? The project for Rachel and I was to alter a few Regency style dresses for a historical reenactment our family is visiting this weekend. :) Our good friends lent us all costumes and their sewing machine (since the *3* we own don't work) so we were all set.
The dress I was going to wear was way too long, so we decided to put 2 French tucks in it. Rachel worked on pinning those, while I measured and pinned another dress.

Here is the first dress....it was 7 1/2" inches too long

Here's the first step all pinned and ready to be sewn. :)

Rachel trying to figure out how to thread this borrowed machine. ;)

And you can't get any project done without musical accompaniment, of course. =D

So, this is an odd angle, but here's the "french tuck" or "grow pleat" all done on one of the dresses.

Rachel sewing the 2nd tuck in my dress.

Here's the finished product on your's truly. ;) (funny angle, wot? :P)

It's hard to see the tucks in this one, but the final length was perfect! :)

So, it was a successful project, and we both felt good to be sewing after way too long. :) Now, we both are planning other sewing projects and hopefully we'll have a good machine in the near future.
~Sarah