After washing yours favorite dress It shrank and became tight. Don't be upset!
If desired, you can give a dress new life. Don't know how to do this? We'll tell you!
So, the dress is too small. What to do? Lose weight?
Nutritionists will simply advise you to lose a couple of kilograms and fit into your favorite outfit. But what if for some reason you can’t do this? Let's try to alter the dress.
How to arrange (alter) a dress if it is too small
First, you need to decide what you want to get in the end. And, of course, it all depends on the design of the dress that needs to be altered. If it has numerous seams, reliefs, and yokes, this even simplifies the situation. You can simply insert some material between the seams. But in any case, the dress will have to be torn apart.
After this, press the seams well. Carefully remove all threads from the previous seams. Next, decide on the material you will insert. You can use a similar texture or color to the main one, or you can use a contrasting one. For example, take guipure or some kind of mesh.
This will not only help solve the size problem, but will also add femininity and sexuality to your outfit. If you are afraid of exposed areas on your body, try using double material. Nowadays it is very fashionable to put mesh fabric on top of satin or silk. Fabric matches well flesh-colored with black guipure. You can take red and black fabric. The effect will be simply amazing!
What to do if a new dress is not enough
If the dress is still new, or almost never worn, you can try simply opening the darts and slightly reducing the seam allowances. Believe me, with such simple manipulations you can significantly increase the size of the dress.
To increase the length of the dress, you can sew an original frill to the bottom or cut it along the waistline and insert a strip of fabric into this place. Moreover, it can be made from a completely different fabric. The same material can be used to trim the sleeves or bodice of the product.
Remember that before sewing on new fabric, it must be washed or ironed, making sure to steam it.
This is done so that after finishing work, your idea does not shrink and spoil the entire appearance dresses.
Before starting work, be sure to carefully calculate all the patterns, taking into account seam allowances and freedom of movement.
If the dress has become too small in a certain place, try to work it out. For example, for the chest, you can simply deepen the neckline or insert ribbons into the seam, intertwining them beautifully. If it’s tight in the hips, you can try inserting wedges (triangular pieces of fabric). But problems may already arise with the waist. The entire dress will have to be adjusted.
But it’s better, of course, if you see that all your efforts are not bearing any fruit, not to suffer and buy a new dress, no matter how much you love the old one. Another option is to take your dress to a skilled craftsman at the atelier; you will surely be satisfied with the result!
You will need
- - sewing machine;
- - steam ripper;
- - iron;
- - threads, needles and other sewing accessories;
- - a product that requires rework.
Instructions
Firstly, the appearance of the product that you have to remake and the degree of wear are important. Turn it inside out and inspect the condition of the allowances. Compare their color with the front side of the product. If the color is significantly different, then it will not be possible to place the product along the side seams. Also, support the side seam of the product in an inconspicuous place, for example, on the hem of the bottom. Some fabrics are very sensitive to sewing needles, which leave hole marks on them. Unfortunately, this product cannot be increased in size either. Also pay attention to the size of the side allowances. If it is possible to arrange them, reducing the allowances to about 7-8 mm (largely depends on the type of fabric, sometimes 5 mm is acceptable), then increasing the size of the clothing will not be difficult. When the condition and size of the side seams of the product satisfy the conditions described above, feel free to begin remaking it.
First, let's look at how to increase your skirt size. On a skirt with a set-in, inspect the condition of the belt itself. If it is sewn with an overlapping button clasp, you can easily determine how far you can overstitch the button closer to the edge of the waistband. Take measurements of your waist and hips. Measure these volumes on the skirt. Divide the difference in volumes by 4. By this value you should lay a new seam further along the allowance from the old one. If at the same time there are acceptable seam allowances left on the skirt, you can start ripping them out. Use a special steamer for this; it is very easy to use and will help you protect the fabric from tearing. Now you need to iron the seams using an iron with a steam generator so that there are no traces of the old seams. Fold the skirt along the old seams and chalk the position of the new seams, taking into account the increase in size. For convenience, baste them with straight, wide stitches, and then sew them on a machine. Press the side seams again. It is better to leave the darts on the skirt unchanged. Remove the button or hooks from the waistband and support it on the longitudinal seam, forming an overlap. Now baste to the skirt, taking into account the spaced side seams. When basting, the skirt should be slightly adjusted. Now sew the belt to the skirt. You can increase your trouser size in the same way.
On a blouse or jumper with side darts, you can reduce the opening of these darts by starting to stitch from the top of the dart, gradually reducing its size at the waist and towards the hips. In the same way, the size of the product on the shelves increases. It is not advisable to adjust darts on the chest. If you want to place the blouse in the side seams, then you will have to increase the size of the armhole due to the side seam of the sleeve. After ripping, all seams should be carefully ironed and only then should you begin assembling the product along new seams.
The situation when a beautiful and comfortable piece of clothing becomes too tight is familiar to everyone. This may be due to weight gain, pregnancy, or incorrect choice of washing or drying mode. However, your favorite item can be remade so that it not only fits well, but also takes on a new original look. Below are several options for increasing the width of clothing by sewing in simple cut details. All of them are simple and require minimal sewing skills.
Basic rules
In order for remade items to look good, the work must be done very carefully. All expansions are carried out along the structural seams of the products, and the joints should not have holes or abrasions. The material for insert parts can be very diverse:
- fabric in tone or vice versa, contrasting;
- decorative braid;
- lace;
- satin ribbon, etc.
At the same time, you need to remember that fabrics of different densities and textures, firstly, can become distorted when sewing, and secondly, behave differently after washing. The easiest way to achieve a good fit is to use elastic materials, the choice of which is now very large.
Arranging the belt
Typically, the first sign of weight gain is a belt that is difficult to fasten. In this case, the easiest way is to alter the button. If the size of the belt does not allow this, then you can make a fastened strap, the design of which is shown in the photo. Material: grosgrain ribbon.
If the skirt or trousers have a beltless cut, then an effective solution is triangular inserts made of dense elastic material in the side seams. If there is a belt, then you can rip it off and then stitch the top, as shown in the figure.
Expanding elastic inserts
A comfortable and easy-to-implement solution is to replace a fabric belt with a strip of thick knitwear. It can be straight or with a scent.
Expectant mothers can thus remake any trousers that suit them. To do this, you need dense but elastic knitwear with a width of at least 20 cm, which is stitched just below the hip line.
Increasing skirt and trouser sizes
With a uniform increase in the volume of the body, inserts on the skirt or trousers are made along their entire length in the places of longitudinal seams, most often side ones. The main problem with this is the fit of the belt. The simplest solution is to cut the belt and extend the expansion piece to the very top
If the belt is long enough, it is torn off, inserts are made, and then sewn back on. The photo shows a redesign of a low-slung denim skirt, in which the belt has moved higher on the figure. The resulting reduction in the length of the skirt is compensated by the protruding corners of the bias-cut side inserts.
Simple, but very original solution is an extension of a skirt or trousers using an elastic band, shown in the photo.
Redesigning a blouse and dress
The pattern of a blouse and dress is built according to certain rules, which must be taken into account when altering the product. However, in some cases you can get a good result even with the most simple methods, using simple shaped pieces sewn into the sides and center front or back. The easiest way to remake clothes is sleeveless. If the blouse has become tight in the chest and armholes, it is ripped out at the side seams and triangular inserts are sewn in.
For a rounded tummy, side parts that widen downward are inserted.
The situation when a beautiful and comfortable piece of clothing becomes too tight is familiar to everyone. This may be due to weight gain, pregnancy, or the wrong choice of washing or drying clothes. However, your favorite item can be remade so that it not only fits well, but also takes on a new original look.
Stylish DIY clothes
We have prepared interesting ideas for you, how change clothing options and at the same time turn things into something beautiful...
HOW TO EXPAND CLOTHES
1. The item is wide, but the sleeves have become narrow? Use homemade inserts. They can be anything: lace, embroidered or contrasting fabric.
2. If your favorite item has become narrow in width, the side inserts have become lice. The material for them can be chosen in a single color or to match the color of the main product.
3. Contrasting inserts that differ in texture and color will not only help to expand the blouse, but will also become an interesting decorative element.
4. This is how you can increase the size of your favorite blouse or tunic. To do this, add inserts on the back or shelf of the product.
5. Follow the same procedure with trousers: use side inserts along the entire length. Moreover, both from the outside and from the inside seam.
6. Have your comfortable jeans recently started to put pressure on your stomach? Make inserts in the waistband area along the side or back seam.
7. Here’s a great idea for making the dress bigger in all respects. I already want the same for myself!
Nowadays, repairing and extending old things is not so relevant: in the era of the heyday of the mass market, it is easier to buy new clothes than redo the old one. But sometimes it’s a pity to throw away your favorite thing, you want to update or refresh it. Shortening clothes is most often not difficult, but lengthening them beautifully is a little more difficult.
HOW TO EXTEND CLOTHES
1. This is probably one of the most common methods. He looks just great! Add a strip of fabric or lace along the bottom of the product. Color and material depend on your imagination.
2. Fashion trend of this season - transparent fabric insert. Place it on the hem of your skirt or light summer dresses.
3. And this is even more radical transformation of trousers. Openwork inserts are placed not at the bottom, but in the middle of the product. To enhance the effect, you can decorate your pockets and belt with lace. Personally, I really like this option.
For girls who love a sporty style of clothing, excellent option changing the shape of the trousers will become knitted cuffs.
4. If we talk about blouses and jumpers, then there are a huge number of options. The most popular of them is adding lace inserts along the bottom of the product.
5. After looking at this photo, I immediately wanted the same summer T-shirt. To remake it, you need to make a contrasting fabric insert in the middle of the product.
As you can see, you don’t always need to throw away a tight blouse or a too short skirt, especially if it concerns your favorite clothes. Use these simple but resourceful tricks and stay on trend!
Hello! My name is Sasha Sanochki and I run the Second Street blog, dedicated to stylish and creative clothing alterations. Every day I publish 5 new materials on this topic.
It was not I who personally made all these alterations without exception. But for almost two years every day, I get up at 5 am to find (before work) 5 fresh and interesting ideas on remaking clothes from old to stylish, translate them, process all the photos, making them in the same style, write a post and publish it. In two years, exactly 3,000 of them accumulated.
Every day, in search of materials, I scroll through about 4,000 sites in the reader, and only a third of their materials relate to handmade or fashion - I find the rest of the ideas in gossip columns, style com, films, music videos and even magazines like Forbes sometimes. I just want to collect it all in one place.
I would like to show you at least a few of the 3,000 ideas accumulated on the site over 2 years:
I decided to choose only 5 ideas for each of the popular types of clothing alterations for last month, because it’s difficult to choose from 3000 equally interesting ones). And I tried to choose those that can be shown here, without dragging a bunch of photos with master classes
So, here we go:
5 ideas for altering T-shirts
1. Alteration of the vest:
I love alterations of vests). It couldn’t be simpler: a vest + a bowl of dipping paint. Looks unrealistically cool).
2. Playing with the texture of the T-shirt:
A long cotton T-shirt can be cut into circles, then washed at high temperature - the sections will curl and will not “creep” (just don’t wring them in the machine!). Wear with a dress or leggings and a T-shirt.
3. How to tag a guy:
TeenVogue and designer Erin Fetherston give an idea: lipstick acrylic paint(ugh, disgusting, yeah) - and boldly leave a print right at the collar of his T-shirt or shirt. After drying, all that remains is to iron it with the hottest possible iron - and your bookplate is on it forever. IMHO, na women's clothing somehow not very good:
...and for men - that’s it). A sweet idea for faithful and gentle lovers and a hot/playful idea for notorious machos).
4. Shirt and T-shirt dress:
What does it mean to combine beautifully)) - take a closer look - the dress is actually a mix of shirts and T-shirts cut and sewn together.
5. T-shirt - blinds:
Tutorial on how to remake two T-shirts into a sort of "blinds" T-shirt for $48 from Anthropologie - can be found on the site, it's too detailed to copy.
5 ideas for jeans alterations
1. Piece Jeans:
I think this fit would be difficult to achieve if they were actually sewn together from pieces. So, most likely, these are thin summer jeans, onto which pieces of other summer and thin ones that match in shades have been sewn. And then they cut off the bottom layer in places. In my opinion, there are only a couple of places where the main fabric up to the knees on top was actually replaced in some area with another.
2. Ulyana Kim dress:
A very beautiful combination of two types of jeans!
3. Isabel Marant Painted Jeans:
Painted jeans idea by Isabel Marant – Permanent marker in hand - and go!
4. Rework men's t-shirts and jeans:
Listen, well, in my opinion, this is just wildly cool! Something really interesting and wearable for guys. And for girls too. I think that you can decorate both a bag and the back of a jacket with belts in this way.
As a bonus to the picture, here’s a slightly rocker way to slightly increase the length of your jeans or save those that are frayed at the knees). Although with old, stretched and worn out jeans, I think it will look pathetic.
It’s better to use both ideas if HE decides to quit his career as an office plankton and finally become a rock musician. For the first concerts - that’s it).
5. Teddy bear made from old jeans. Just a bear):
5 ideas for shoe alterations:
1. Men's creative business shoes:
It happened, yes, it happened 5 times already. But in this case I liked the execution - on strict men's shoes. With a business suit and tie, it should break the mold of impressionable partners. You say goodbye after the meeting, they come out from the table to shake your hand - and when they see the shoes, they hang out)….
2.Shredded Converse:
Shredded Converse – the famous model of sneakers - legends of the Converse family, released last year and ideally suited for the hot summer of 2010). They look desperately vintage - shabby, as if crumbling as they go. Ideal for delicate girlish dresses, relaxed knitwear, denim mini-shorts and skinny jeans. They have become an unusual and stylish alternative to the uniform of Moscow streets - ballet flats, gladiator sandals and high-heeled webbed sandals.
Next summer is promised to be just as stuffy, so it makes sense not to throw away your old sneakers, but to repeat this “trick” on your own - at the same time you will save $80 (regular Converse costs from $40, and the Shredded model, which is in the photo - $120).
Everything is quite simple, take nail scissors and go ahead, so below I will list just a few “essential” tips from the source (links to all sources are in the entries on the site):
1. When cutting rectangles between the blocks, make sure not to cut the rectangle behind the leg, at the heel. There must be a dense area left there rectangular shape, conceived by the manufacturer - it is this that will hold back the entire structure in the end.
2. Converse sells these models with or without a tongue, depending on the color. Decide what is more convenient for you. If you decide to cut it, draw the same semicircle around your fingers (of the same depth) as on your favorite ballet shoes - and cut boldly. It should be 1-1.5 cm wide - wider than the “rubber nose” of a sneaker. It will look like this:
3. It’s convenient to make a “tear” along the cuts simply with your fingers. Rub the edges thoroughly between your fingers as shown in the photo below. The lining of Converse frays more than the top colored thick fabric - so it’s better not to rub it, just the top colorful layer - it will quickly fray to the width of the top layer.
3. How to decorate men's shoes thorny, but nobly:
In this case, the shoes alone (especially if there’s a casual jacket on top) would completely captivate me.
4. Painting shoes with markers and paints:
A great idea for shoe decoration from artist Deborah Thomson. Deborah uses popular techniques with tattoo designs on shoes, and paints wedding shoes, etc. etc.
5. Shoes with painted soles:
An original move is to paint not the shoes themselves, but only their soles. It doesn’t bend as much as the toes of shoes, for example, which means the paint in these places won’t crack. Provided you have a high heel, you will be able to see well. For example, I always notice untorn yellow price tags on shoes in these places when I follow someone along the path)).
5 dress alteration ideas
1. Designer: the back of a sports T-shirt and a sexy dress:
I think it's very cool! From the front, you’re probably a standard “sexy kitten” – and when you turn your back, you show the world the other side of yourself – sporty and perky). And the difference in color only emphasizes this.
The jumper on top - in my opinion, looks like a strap from a cheap sports backpack)).
2. Dress with slits:
Beautiful texture and a way to revive an old dress by throwing a second one on top. On the top dress, if it is made of acetate silk, the design can be “burned out” with a standard wood burner. At school we used to burn out entire lace collars for each other during handicraft lessons.
3. Glowing paints:
Remember, earlier at VDNKh, for example, in the Culture pavilion, luminous paints for fabric were sold in departments with various luminous nonsense? In small round plastic tubes. In addition, they are often found in various stalls, especially for some reason near the station).
This is what you get if you paint clothes with them:
One of my friends with such tubes ( different colors) painted a dress with a paisley pattern with such luminous colors. I simply placed dots of different colors along the contours of different cucumbers. Since this paint is translucent during the day, and the color she chose (and the dress is colorful) - during the day it was completely unnoticeable. And at night it was a bomb! It looked very even - not at all vulgar, but as elegant as possible - apparently due to the subtlety of the design.
4. Decorate a simple dress:
A zebra is not a zebra, a mask is not a mask... in general, this is how, with the help of appliqué, an ordinary white trapeze dress was given an almost mystical look.
5. NedoBeckham reworked a Joseph Altuzarra turtleneck dress.
A new up-and-coming designer is Jezzef Altuzarra and his idea (he clearly sympathizes with Victoria Beckham and her models) to remake the sweater dress:
You will need:
Cotton jersey turtleneck dress (they used American Apparel).
Two shoulder pads.
Scissors, needles and threads.
The recipe for “feeling a little Vicky” is simple:
We cut off the sleeves so as to leave the “wings” at a slight angle.
Using the remnants of the sleeves, we cover the overhead “hangers” on one side.
We hem them on the inside of the dress, at the same time slightly bending the edges.
5 ideas for altering jackets
1. This jacket costs $410 - and the required quantity of pins costs 500-700 rubles. And every second person has a jacket in the Chanel style;).
2. An idea for remaking a jacket from the 2011 lookbook by Junky Styling designers.
3. Jacket with transparent back:
A jacket with part of the back replaced with a transparent insert. In the show room, the top of the jacket consisted of two parts, one on top of the other: when altering your jacket, you can simply cut it off and sew transparent folded fabric from the inside, sewing it into the side seams:
By the way, did you notice the ribbon decor on the trousers?
4. Another Zara coat:
Zara seems to have finally remembered where they started and started making “edgy” things again. Another Zara coat in my selections is further confirmation of this.
The original reverse side of the collar - usually the leather is sewn there (it also allows you to keep the collar “raised” - for example, that’s the only way I walk). It can be made from a beautiful tie) – that seems to be the case here.
5 shirt alteration ideas:
1. Shirt makeover idea from ASOS.com:
2. Pants - saruel from a shirt:
Alteration of shirts. If everything is clear with the top (everything was cut off at the level of the pockets and elastic) - then an explanation of the fact that how to make pants a la “saruel” from a shirt– see under the cut:
Source material).
Having outlined a semicircle, we sew the collar along it.
We steam the pockets carefully - they will prevent the shirt material from draping plastically.
In the end it should look like this (after you sew up the hole where the collar should be):
The design is adjustable at the waist with a knot).
3. Unusually “stained” shirt:
Ingenious, unusually soiled shirt)! In a bright cage - turquoise - purple - I will definitely repeat it for myself. It will be enough, I think, to dip it 6/8 in black paint on fabric like Dylon (it doesn’t need to be heated, boiled, or other perversions).
4. A neat way to reduce your shirt size:
5. Hybrid:
Hybrid GMO shirts and hoodies from Hussein Chalayan.
5 accessory ideas
1. 0_o suddenly!
Garter chain for stockings.
2. Congenial Clutch:
One of the few easy-to-sew clutch bags, which only benefits from ease of manufacture. And the pattern for such a clutch couldn’t be simpler and is sold in every second store - I just bought croissants at Azbuka Vkusa today, for example) - in a craft bag of the ideal size for this purpose.
3. Ring bracelet:
If you have been proposed to 8 times and you have never returned the ring, you can make a bracelet out of them and wear them proudly, like a savage, a necklace made from the scalps of defeated enemies. Well, kind of like how stars are painted on airplanes for those shot down in battle).
4. Shoulder straps on the coat:
To make leather shoulder straps like this on a coat, all you need is leather from one glove. Another thing is that they need to be “supported” with something - for example, a belt made of leather of the same texture.
5. Bags and backpacks made from leather jackets:
We have written many times about bags made from old leather jackets. But personally, I adore, firstly, backpacks, and secondly, this simplified, a la masculine style in bags:
I couldn’t even choose what to show you – I liked everything so much! And the prices are quite realistic, not inflated.
and for a snack - 5 interior ideas:
1. T-shirt rugs:
Laura is a seamstress with over 20 years of experience and great taste. That is why she was able to build a successful business on what many people are trying to make money from: recycling T-shirts from second-hand stores into carpets and rugs.
Laura's rugs always attract attention with their subtle color combinations and original shapes. 20 photos - under the cut (and there you will also find a link to the photo - a master class on crocheting a similar rug - the main thing there is to understand how to hide the ends by tying cut T-shirts together). Laura herself, in my opinion, braids them, after which she painstakingly sews the braids together ( I would like to know what kind of machine or foot she manages to take such thickness). It takes her 3-4 months to make one carpet from T-shirts.
2. How to decorate a wall with old magazines:
Idea for super budget wall decor from Irina: these strips are simply rolled up and flattened magazine pages glued to a base.
Moreover, you can decorate not only the wall, but also vases in this way:
And photo frames:
3. Bears - pillows made from shirts:
Annika Jermyn sews bears from old shirts, calling them Mister _ below is the individual name of each _ and sells for $75. You can even order from your own shirt. The toys are large – 40 centimeters high and 48 centimeters wide.
4. Pillows with interesting textures:
Handmade sofa cushion with an ingenious texture. For such labor-intensive work, $265 is not a pity.
Although this $110 pillow with a British flag made of leather is no worse.
5. Cool dude, yo! Mr. Ben Venom makes quilts from old T-shirts with heavy metal prints in the same style. For connoisseurs, so to speak).
In general, I invite you all to visit “Second Street” who are interested in the topic of clothing or interior alterations)).
PS. The last thing is that we have competitions there, participate with your ideas, the prizes will be good)!
