I'm pretty tall for a woman - approx. 5 ft 10 inches, and am 'well-built' with it. I particularly like tops to cover my tum and bum so am constantly on the look out for longer length tops, not an easy task.
Last summer I found a nice sleeveless top in a charity shop but when I got it home I found it was quite a few inches too short to wear with trousers. Now, as it already had lace edging to the neckline and the armholes I thought why not add a panel of lace at the bottom to make the top long enough. So I duly bought some lace and after adding it to the bottom of the top I was well pleased with the results.
I recently bought myself a cheapo (£5) black cotton sleeveless vest top which sadly was also a tad too short for my liking. So this time I added some black broderie anglais fabric to the bottom to lengthen it. I'm pretty pleased with the outcome - even if the broderie anglais cost nearly as much as the top!!
I had just enough left over to make a matching corsage which I've trimmed with a white vintage button from my collection.
I've got one more 'lengthening' to do. This is another cotton sleeveless top in a really nice shade of green. I got this one last autumn for £3.00 in a sale. The lace I'm going to use was also in a sale and I think cost about £1.50.
The only snag is I'm going to have to add two layers of lace to the hem to make the top long enough which could prove to be quite a lengthy (boom, boom) process as I sew these things by hand!
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