Working With a Growth Spurt

This spring one of our long time clients, a mother, came into the studio with a problem. Her daughter had a party to go to and she wanted to wear a dress that she already owned. During the winter months, the young girl had a major growth spurt causing the dress to be too short and too low cut. The mother didn’t want to buy another dress just for a one-time wear plus her daughter loved the dress that she already owned.

Luckily Rita had a solution. She could add extra fabric to the bottom and neckline of the dress. Rita quickly realized that finding fabric to match the dress would be very difficult. She searched all the local fabric stores but couldn’t find any fabric that would match the dress. On a whim, Rita decided to look through her own closet for something that could help her. She discovered a black skirt in her donation pile that would match perfectly! Rita took apart the skirt and added the fabric to the dress. The mother and daughter were ecstatic when they saw the final product. They were even more overjoyed when they heard how Rita recycled her own unwanted skirt to finish the dress.

In the end, the mother and daughter had a dress that would fit great for another season along with the knowledge that they helped reduce, reuse, and recycle.