My Inspiration: Fluted Ponte Dress from Anthropologie $158.
in my closet: a similar dress c/o romwe.
theirs vs. mine
what you’ll need:
liquid stitch
fraycheck
scissors
1 yard+ black velvet trim
black thread
sewing machine
needles for hand sewing
1. Put the trim around the waist and mark with a pin where it ends.
2. Cut off the extra trim to the desired length.
3. Fray-check the ends.
4. Put the trim through the dress, onto the waist.
(optional*)5. Using liquid stitch, glue on the trim to the waist part of the dress.
6. Sew the trim around the back until here(as pictured).
7. Add snaps in the middle and the side. Requires hand sewing.
*the reason why I added a snap on one side and not the other side
is because since that one side is tucked in, it didn’t move
whereas in the other side kept falling down.
NOTE: The reason why I didn’t sew the trim all the way around the waist
is because if I had, the trim doesn’t stretch so I wouldn’t be able to
put the dress over my head. So the extra unsewed part of the waist acts
kind of like a zipper where it’ll stretch wide enough to go over my head/hips.
If this dress had a zipper, you would sew the trim all the way around the waist
and stop right before the zipper area on both sides.
The after:
and the girls wanted to participate in the picture taking.
but it stopped when they wouldn’t take turns sharing who gets to stand by mommy.
Oh, the joy of motherhood of feeling so loved! 🙂
Estimated time: 30 minutes
Skill level: Beginner
Budget: Very low.
(It cost me $1.70 just for the velvet trim.)
Yes! I saved over $160!
P.S: Happy Thanksgiving weekend!!!
To celebrate Thanksgiving, I’m offering 30% off all headbands from my store!
enter code: GIVINGTHANKS at the check out.
I hope you’ll have a wonderful, relaxing, & a lazy weekend!
(at least that’s my plan anyway. 😉
:)) really smart project!girls are supercute:D
finally I brought my sewing machine home, on weekend I'm starting to sew some Christmas-gifts projects:))
have a good day Sarah!
hugs
J
Really beautiful dress! Love your tutorials!
Very cute! I always like seeing a fellow blogger who loves Liquid Stitch like I do. 🙂
I am so sorry, but that last picture cracked me up! Kids are so funny!
Just brilliant!
Very nice. I'm sure I have a dress I could do that to!! Great idea! 🙂 LOVE the last picture. Haha. Her wig is awesome.
I LOVE this! What a great way to spice up a dress and save money 🙂 Also, that last photo made my day! Your girls love you so much 🙂
Beautiful dress! Almost a dead ringer.
What a fantastic job. That black ribbon is perfect for that dress. It's beautiful!
Shiloh
everydaygameplan.net
That is spot on! Very cute dress. I was reading this going, is that a wig on her?.. And the last picture made me laugh. Such a cute family!
Cute, I love it!
From your blog ,I believe that your life is always full of inspirations . Every time when I saw your pictures I would be encouraged deeply .Thank you for all these fashion pictures ,and your bright smiles light my heart as well !LOVED !!
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Your dress is so much cuter than the inspiration dress! Love it!
Stunner! I love that your dress has a little touch of added volume in the waist, yours has a little bit of playfulness that the anthro one seems to be lacking. You did a fantastic job with your mini makeover, and I'd be thrilled if you came and linked up to the Head to Head Showdown, going on right now at http://www.icantstopcrafting.blogspot.com
~Jen
I like so much this blog.
Funny and new thigs i find when come here.
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So cute!! So glad you linked up with us!
Marie
mylilpinkpocket.blogspot.com
that's adorable! you are so tiny though, that dress looks like it'd be too short for me. dang it.
Beautiful! I love Anthropologie, but not their prices! I may have to rummage through my closet and give this a try! 🙂 Thanks for the tutorial!
wow, it looks better than the real thing! 😀