Adding a Jacket

This beautiful girl had a strapless dress and wanted to add a jacket but didn't want to cover up the bodice on the gown.  The dress was a little over 7 inches to long, so I took the fabric from the bottom of the dress to make a jacket.  I had 7 x 6 inch pieces of fabric to work with and from that created a custom fit jacket just for her.  It also had a strap that went under her bust line in order to hold it in place under the dress. 

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Here is another example of adding a jacket to a dress when you don't want the bodice covered up.  I didn't have fabric from the dress to work with, but we found fabric that matched really, really well although in the picture it looks off, but in person it was almost an exact match.