We picked up my sari and blouse from the tailor and got a petticoat today, which was cutting it close if we choose to go to tomorrow's reception or Friday's wedding ceremony. I was almost going to wait on trying on my blouse, but when I did at Swathi's persistence, we found out that the blouse was extremely tiny! We started freaking out since I'd probably need the blouse tomorrow and there's literally nothing else I can wear to an event like a wedding reception. Fortunately, before we stormed back to the tailors to demand an explanation, Swathi's grandmother told us that the blouses are always made small so that you have to let out some seams. There were four seams on each side, and I ended up having to let out 3 of the 4 seams on each side. I wish there was more to let out, but had I taken out the last seam, the blouse would've fallen apart! The blouse was quite fitted, but Swathi assured me that it's how they're supposed to be, so I just left it at that.
I felt like Cinderella as I sat on the floor of our room, letting out the seams with a little needle and huge kitchen scissors and sewing up the petticoat with some olive-green thread (we only had khaki and olive green thread on hand but either way, the petticoat won't be visible), getting ready for tomorrow's event, although there were no glass slippers, magic carriages or anything of that sort. Still, I was so glad that I hadn't started on my sewing work any later (or it would've been rushed) and I've been sewing since kindergarten, so this was a snap.
Here's a picture of the seams I let out on the blouse. You can see the holes where the seams used to be:
This is the petticoat, before I cut off several inches and tacked up the edges. It's a simple, draw-string cotton skirt that I have to wear under the sari:
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