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DIY: add sleeves and alter an Anthropologie Honeycomb Dress

August 4, 2014~ SEWING

When I was 3 months pregnant last year, I saw this Honeycomb lace dress from Anthropologie and fell in love with it.  I loved it so much that I didn’t want to wait until I had the baby and lost the weight, I wanted to wear it right then!  So I got the dress in several sizes larger and wore it during my pregnancy, and planned to alter it later on after I had the baby, and add on the sleeves.

Before: 
After:
I’m kicking myself for not taking a picture of how the dress looked after I lost the pregnancy weight.  But just imagine it baggy and sleeveless.

I altered the sides and with the extra fabric from cutting the sides, I made the sleeves.  The sleeve tutorial can be found here, and how to alter the sides can be found here.
What you’ll need:
  • An oversized dress
  • Matching thread
  • Scissors
  • Sewing machine or needle

Directions:

Sleeve tutorial: here
Altering the sides tutorial here
Estimated time: 1 hour
Budget: almost nothing
Skill level: beginner
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TAGGED: Anthro DIY, DIY, DIY tailoring 13 Comments

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  1. Danielle Wagasky says

    August 4, 2014 at 2:44 pm

    This dress is beautiful! You make some amazing things lady! I would love to have you link it up to my Feature Friday Link Palooza!

    http://www.blissfulanddomestic.com/search/label/Feature%20Friday%20Linky%20Party

    Danielle @ Blissful & Domestic
    Creating Beautiful on Less
    http://www.blissfulanddomestic.com

  2. Carrie from Carrie This Home says

    August 4, 2014 at 4:40 pm

    I love the dress both ways! You are beautiful with the little baby bump! Plus it's so nice to be able to enjoy a piece after the baby!

  3. Arien Ruiz says

    August 4, 2014 at 7:03 pm

    Hi dear
    Oh great, this way you can use that wonderful dress in both times 🙂
    xoxo

  4. Julia Nyanyo says

    August 5, 2014 at 8:05 am

    Another brilliant clothing makeover! Such a good idea for maternity wear – just buy beautiful dresses that you love and take them in afterwards – why didn't I think of that? I just wore awful maternity clothes and my hubbies jogging bottoms for the last 3 months because I didn't want to spend lots of money on clothes I wouldn't wear afterwards.

  5. RobyGiup says

    August 5, 2014 at 8:28 am

    Very good idea! I love those little sleeves!

  6. tara pittman says

    August 5, 2014 at 6:25 pm

    That is a cute dress. So cool that you can sew and wear the dress after having the baby.

  7. Carmody Tisdale says

    August 6, 2014 at 11:54 am

    You have mad skills!

  8. Jessica Marinaccio says

    August 6, 2014 at 7:04 pm

    amazing – im severely lacking this skill

  9. Nicole orriëns says

    August 7, 2014 at 5:59 am

    I love it! It's such a cute little dress now.

    http://www.momfever.com

  10. Mindie Hilton says

    August 7, 2014 at 12:52 pm

    What a lovely dress. Beautiful pics too. Hope to see you Friday for the Anything Goes linky.

  11. Cambria says

    August 8, 2014 at 11:57 am

    I LOVE THIS DRESS! One day I will learn how to sew and your the inspiration for that goal with all your adorable dressed and tutorials! 🙂

  12. Pam @ over50feeling40 says

    August 10, 2014 at 11:51 pm

    That's amazing! Thank you so much for sharing on the Thursday Blog Hop!

  13. Crystelle Boutique says

    August 13, 2014 at 3:21 pm

    Wow! this is simply stunning! I am pinning because this looks like it is done by a pro and I need all the help I can get!! 🙂
    xox, Crystelle
    CrystelleBoutique

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Hello! My name is Sarah and I am so happy to have you here! Here you'll find DIY sewing, DIY home building & decor, honest and vulnerable posts of motherhood and snippets of my family. We are building our dream house and will update you regularly on our whole process from start to finish and I am also starting a mother-daughter sewing series. So I hope you stay awhile!

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