This dress was a 3/4 sleeve sweater dress with small shoulder pads. It went down to about my knees and I just did not like how it was making my silhouette look so I decided it would be of better use to me as a shirt and a skirt instead. Sooooooo much better
The first step is to try on the dress and figure out exactly how long I wanted my shirt to be (the skirt...spoilers alert... was actually an added bonus with the leftover materials.) Because the sweater dress actually had some ribbing in the fabric it was easy to cut in a straight line. I folded the material over in a simple hem and sewed it. Easy peasy. I left the shoulder pads pads intact because it really brought a unique shape to neckline of the shirt.
Now for the skirt. Originally I was just going to make the shirt. Lucky for me, this dress was rather long, about to my knee, so there was enough material left for a skirt. The bottom of the original dress has an elastic-y band that I decided would suit the skirt better as the waistband. Of course, this mean that I had to take in the sides a bit to fit the waist better. I measured how much I needed to take in with what I call the pinch method (put it on, pinch how much extra fabric there is and then measure it). After figuring out how much fabric total needs to be gone, I divide that number in half because some needs to come from each side. Then I pinned it and tapered my lines back toward the original seam (Im going over this quickly but if you need more details, I did a similar concept on another skirt on this post.) After simply hemming this puppy up, it was finished.
I am loving this as two pieces. Now I can wear them separately or even together if I really want to. Though if I wanted to wear them together..I would have just left it as a dress. This was a simpler sewing project, definitely nothing like taking in a pair of jeans or a dress with lining. But, I'm just glad I know how to sew. It makes my life stylish for cheaper. ^^
No comments:
Post a Comment