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Overalls to dungarees

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A few weeks ago Adam treated me to a new pair of overalls/dungarees. I love the colour of them - they’re a bit different to the denim ones that I’ve already got and have always had in the past. The only problem with them is that they are designed as more overalls than actual wearable dungarees. What I mean by that is that up the sides there is just 1 button to do up instead of 2 or 3 that would actually close up the gap. This meant that if/when I sat down in them it would gape apart and show off my pants. Not a great look! The first part of the process wasn’t too tricky - turning the legs up to fit my little short legs. I got Adam to pin 1 leg at the right length then matched the second leg to the same length on my desk before stitching up each side seam to hold them at the correct length. Next came to fixing the straps to the correct length too. Again I got Adam to pin 1 to the correct length so I could stitch this across to hold it in place. There were no little buckle things on the