Lace anyone?

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This is what I have done with my afternoon thus far...

It's an extreme remodel of a shirt I got over a year ago at the thriftstore.
When I took it home I found that it looked horrible on, bagging and gaping and just looking incredibly unflattering.
So it sat in the pile of stuff I needed to do something with until this morning.
I cut off the hems at the cuffs and bottom of the top since the beige liner was 1" larger than the black lace (sloppy sewing on behalf of the manufacturer)refitting the layers of fabric together, cutting off the excess, then basting the two together to prevent shifting while I sewed.
While I had it in layers I also added darts to the front and back so it would fit nicer, putting darts in both the liner and black lace.
Then I added some stretchy offwhite vintage lace trim I had around the neck, coming down in the front, the bottom, and the cuffs.
I really should have taken a before picture to illustrate how ugly this top was while on a body vs a hanger, but, se le vie.

Ta.