bunnyb.gal
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Could you take some fabric out of the hem, or hem it shorter, and use the excess to make underarm gussets? They're a bit fiddly to draft and insert on your own if you've never done it before, but a seamstress or tailor should be able to help out if you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself. Just a thought!
Unfortunately there's no extra fabric on the hems, and if the frocks were any shorter my knees would be on show (shock, horror!), so I think that gussets would be a no-go. I had not thought of gussets, so thanks for that idea; it may come in handy when I get the courage to go through more of the unworn stuff in my closet!
I've decided to harvest a swing skirt out of the one dress as I think it will be the easiest and the nicest option for that one, and keep the top bit for a bolero-type thing in future. The other dress, which is kind of a shirt dress with more of a 50's fullness to it, has me completely stumped, though.