Bones top - fitting after making!

I am not good at fitting. YET. I am working on it. This is a stage in that journey.

This is the second SewOverIt top I've made. My first one was made out of a floaty fabric that made me look like it was subtly hiding a killer bod. I really love it, despite the fact that the shoulders keep slipping down my arms.

This time, I wanted to use some amazing stashed fabric with bones on it! It is much more solid than the first fabric, and I decided to make it in the smaller size to reduce the shoulder issue. BIG mistake. This is how I looked when finished:
Please excuse the TERRIBLE photo. Mr M was busy and this is the biggest mirror we have!
 I think you'll agree that this is not the most flattering of tops. Nor trousers, but that isn't the point. I couldn't wear this out, but I LOVED the fabric. So it needed to be fixed When I grabbed the back at my waist, it looked like this:
Probably the best I'll be able to get...
So I got busy. I found a length of black ribbon from a prom dress that I didn't like strapless, and I unpicked a tiny bit of the seams, just at the waist:

Unpick seam, insert ribbon, sew seam up again.
I hand sewed the seam back up again just to make the stitches less visible.

And ta dah!! It is slightly better. At least wearable. Apologies for the completely exhausted eye-sacks.


One day I will never have issues with fit. Today is not that day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either.

Emily

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