DIY- Removing the Sleeves from a Dress

Before                                                                After

 Last year I found this pretty jean dress at a thrift store. I had big plans to cut off the top and turn it into a skirt. Then I got cold feet. You see it fit so well that I didn’t want to cut it but the top especially the puffed sleeves made me self-conscious. And so it sat unloved in my closet until last week.

 

 Regardless of the fact that it was drizzling I took some before pictures and got sewing. 

Finally this cute little number got the makeover she deserved. I got rid of the sleeves that had a built in elastic at the bottom. That sentence should probably read- the horrible elastics that cut off circulation to your extremities.

Then I realized that the top was a little big in the bust area so I spent way longer than I should have making darts. I got a little obsessive making sure that they were EXACTLY the same on both sides.

The dress turned out great. It is now perfectly appropriate to wear to my 9-5 job. Especially on a beautiful sunny day where I pretend to be a vampire afraid of one of the few warm days we’ve had so far this year.


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