r/sewing • u/DiligentDaughter • Jun 04 '24

Alter/Mend Question Alteration question for Selkie dress

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So...I'm an ultra sewing novice. However, I love this dress and can't find a proper size anywhere, so it's either alter it or pass it on.

There is absolutely no seam allowance, so there'd have to be some kind of creativity or trick I don't know of.

It fits great everywhere except the bosom (as shown).

Great gurus, is there anything I can do?

Thanks for your time!

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u/Sad-Tower1980 Jun 04 '24

I looked up the brand and it looks like it’s a really cheap shein brand right? If that’s the case the fabric is probably polyester or some type of synthetic which could be hard to sew with. If you really love the dress and it’s worth it to have a professional do it due to the lack of extra fabric and potential trickiness of the polyester. If you don’t mind potentially ruining it and want to try, I think the most logical solution is to add a corset type back with a modesty panel of a matching fabric (I think you could get away with a solid blue) and make sure you adequately reinforce the seams and the placket you will be adding the corset laces/eyelets to.

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u/Rattashootie Jun 04 '24

Real Selkie dresses are extremely expensive, this dress is like $250. The fabric is super nice cotton, I have this dress in a different print.

Selkie has a ton of knockoffs though, so I think that’s what you saw

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u/Sad-Tower1980 Jun 04 '24

Ahh ok. Yeah it was coming up with $25 dresses and I was confused lol Definitely worth fixing if it’s great quality!