silk slip dress diy

marca 21, 2020

silk slip dress diy

  I found this lovely but much too long and too big silk skirt in sh near me.
I had few ideas how to refashion and renew it even before I bought it but finally I decided that dress 👗 will be perfect as I love silk dresses not only in summer.

 Inspirations 

How to sew a skirt 

 as first thing look at  the photo I put  upper 

using  bottom part of a skirt 
sew skirt for your dress 
below you can see 3 links with easy tutorials about sewing skirts

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from the upper part of a skirt sew top 

check those 2 very easy tutorials

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 if you sew raw silk the best choice is rolled hem 
here you can see tutorial how to use this hem

how to use rolled hem 

 you can also use zig zag and after shred edges with brush

 Ready silk dress

 

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How do you make a men's shirt into a dress?

grudnia 09, 2019

How do you make a men's shirt into a dress?

 

 I found this lovely men's shirt in my local second hand , it's 100 % egyptian cotton and has beautiful claret color. At first I thought to make simple shirt from it but after watching Assos site I knew that dress will be much better choice .

 Shirt Before

 100 % egyptian cotton, size XXL

 

How to sew a dress ❔

 

let's start with cutting

  cut bottom of the dress from shirt
from upper part of shirt sew top 

 

 

 

measure your waist and cut elastic using your measurements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 How do you sew an elastic waistband ❔

 

 let's play with elastic

 

 

 pin elastic to skirt , stretch and sew 

 

  

 

and again pin elastic to top , stretch and sew 

 

 

 now it's time for neckline , sew the tunnel and elastic into it

 

 

 same thing do in sleeves

 

 

all together it should look like on this  photo

 

 

 

 Ready dress

 

 Ready dress with and off shoulder

 

 

 

 

whole dress looks like this , it's very comfy

 

 

 

 

Shirt Before and Dress After

 

 

 

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