Adding Extra Coverage with Lace

Dolly is growing at a much greater rate than her sister did. She's already wearing clothes that Sis did in preschool. Last year when we were living near a mall, I found a darling dress for Dolly on clearance, and snatched it up for this winter.

She wore it maybe 3 times, and we realized it was getting too short!

What's a mom to do?  Pull out some eyelet lace, and go to work.  I cut two pieces of lace that matched the length of the front and back, and then sewed them together on my sewing machine.

Then, I hand stitched the lace in place with a small blanket stitch.  That way, it would be easy to remove if not desired by the next little girl who gets to wear this dress.  Personally, I think it's the perfect touch for a dress with snowflakes on it.

It worked so well, I thought it might help me with a "coverage" problem of my own.  I'd bought a white t-shirt cami to wear under sweaters, but it never fit quite right, and showed more decolletage than I felt comfortable with.  So, today I pulled out the left over piece of lace and went to work.

I used the same small blanket stitch, and then realized that the front of the cami needed to be sewn to the lace, too.

I just used a small blind hem stitch...all by hand.

Same thing to hold the lace onto the straps.  It took me about 30 minutes...and what a difference.  Sorry, no before photos.  G rated blog.  :)

Ah, much better.  And just to keep everything "real", here's one of my outtakes when Dolly found me upstairs.

Please note, the piles of laundry, the gut I didn't get sucked in...and the dirty mirror.  I cannot wait to have my own room, and real closets to keep everything tidy!

So, what have you been up to lately?