i purchased this dress from GAP a few months ago for $5.
it’s a size L and doesn’t have any darts, so it doesn’t have any shape to it.
so i cut the sides, made the shoulders smaller, and made a bowtie belt for the waist.
the before/after:
to make the shoulder seam smaller, i flipped it inside out,
then folded and pinned the shoulder seams about 1/2″.
then sewed it right by the seam on the sleeves.
(i didn’t want the sleeves any shorter so i kept the length of the sleeves
by sewing along the seams on the sleeves, if that makes sense.
if i wanted the sleeves shorter too, i would’ve folded it right along
the line on the sleeves and not 1/2″ across from it.)
then sewed the sides about 2 1/2″ smaller. (see the gray line)
then with the extra fabric i cut from the sides, i made a bowtie using this tutorial with one strip
and with the other made a waist tie.
and there you have it!
the dress is very cute & girly so i felt the need to pose like one. 🙂
p.s: the headband i’m wearing is available for purchase at my store right now.
and there’s only one left. 😉