Altering Susan Farewell Dress

[Lucy of Narnia]

Hi, I just fell in love with Susan's farewell dress! I definitely don't have time to make it right now but I was wondering for future reference: do you think there is a way to bring up the neckline while maintaining some of the dress's shape? Because I love this dress but have always passed it by because I would not wear something off of my shoulders. Any suggestions?

Lu

[Milana]

I made the overdress (sort of) with a plain dress underneath (for the reason you said and because I never really liked the underdress)

[Anfinwen]

It really depends on the pattern you use on the under dress and sleeves. Any pattern you find will probably not be off-the-shoulder. If you look at a picture of Susan in the dress the neckline looks kind of like a pleated or folded collar. So you can use whatever width of neck you want and either sew or pin a wide collar around the edge.

[Lucy of Narnia]

Good ideas! Thank you!!

So do you think it would look good with that collar Susan has being in the same place, but with some more white/creamy (whatever it is) fabric covering my shoulders and upper chest and ending in a similarly-shaped, higher neckline? Basically it'd be like having an under-dress attached under the under-dress...lol