Alteration

I got sucked into a targeted ad on Instagram last year and I bought this lovely dress from Daughters of India. 

It's made of feather-light cotton and when I wear it I feel like a pretty princess. 

The one thing I didn't love was the puffed sleeves (with apologies to Anne Shirley). I almost always have a cardigan on and I just can't handle that much fabric all at once. 

Over the weekend I had some time to sneak up to my newly refurbished craft space (update to follow) and did some alterations on the sleeves 

First I picked out the stitching on the contrast cuff 

Next I cut off a few inches of the sleeve

Next, I ran a couple lines of gathering stitches along the edge of the sleeve but it was impossible to see it in a photo. The white on white was hard enough to see as I was sewing ;)

Then I reattached the contrast cuff and I was in business.

I don't have my sewing machine in my craft space yet, so I did this whole project by hand. It was very meditative and I am quite pleased with the results.