ALTERATIONS & MENDING

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Turned culottes into skirt

Added extension to back

Shortened wedding dress to make a party frock

Fixed shredded seams by added facings

Shortened curtains by a foot by making a single tuck at the top, which becomes a valance.

Turning a plasticky flower into a sewable one.

Hemmed, bustled, and shortened shoulders

Added zippers to underarm seams of regalia

Altered and embellished a wedding gown

DARNING

OTHER

vinyl lunch bag

"Cricket in the Congo" quilt

re-lined bag

Adaptive zippers in pant legs