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. 😉
