How to add boning to a dress

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This has got to be one of my most frequently asked questions: how do you put underwires into a dress? (Especially one like my bombshell dress or other bustier-style design.) Is it possible? To be honest, I really didn't know. So I decided to spend some time exploring the possibility while making B6019, my Butterick Shaheen-style dress pattern. You'll need a pattern with a underbust seam and, ideally, some sort of bra cup seaming. This pattern is ideal because it has a bodice lining. The…

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How to Install Boning in a Bodice: Boning. It's a great thing. Hopefully, because you're here you wont end up like me at prom, with the top of your dress around the bottom of your rib cage on the dance floor! Let me help you keep you undergarments under you clothes by followi…

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Step by step instructions to expand the width of your wedding or bridesmaid 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…

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In this post, we’re taking a couture techniques deep dive into the hand sewing that was involved in sewing the bodice of my wedding dress! two lines of basting stitches, three layers of silk, and one very pretty result!

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before and after photos of a red dress on a hanger with text overlay that says, how to add sleeves to a dress

Time to give a new look to your sleeveless dress. On our site, learn how to add sleeves to a dress and give it a fresh new look. Watch our easy tutorials!

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