Too narrow dress gets added hip width

I am sorry for the quality of the pictures. No sunlight and only a mobile phone camera is not the best premisses for good photos.

I fell completely in love with this dress, that I found in my favourite charity shop. It was a size medium and fit me well in the upper body, but was to narrow around my hips/bum. I bought it anyway. I have methods for that sort of thing...

- I ripped the side seams of the dress up to about where my hip bone would be.

- I found a remnant of black chiffon, and pinned it to my foam floor tiles (that I use for workout), so it couldn't run away from me, that pesky thing.

- I measured from my hipbone to the hem of the dress. I added 2 cm (hem) and 1 more cm (upper seam).
- Then I used a pin and my measuring tape as a pair of compasses, using the number from above in order to draw half a circle. I cut it into two fourths.

Chiffon is a notorious pain in the behind to hem, but back when I made my poofy frilly skirt, I found a clever way of tackling it hemming chiffon. You can also see it in the blog post for this refashion: Hemming chiffon

Once I had seamed the gussets, I stitched them to the ripped open side seams.

I wear a black satin slip underneath in case you were wondering.

I had a narrow satin belt that fit just nicely to dress. Now I am ready for a party to come my way. :-D