I bought this particular garment a little while ago. It was a few sizes bigger than my actual dress size. No matter I thought. It would just look lovely and slouchy. Which is the kinda mood I'm in style wise. So merrily I paid and left the shop. Well the next day I wore this top for a trade fair at Alexandra Palace. Aaaaanyway, slouchy it was. But not in a good way! I love me a slash neckline, but I spent the whole day pulling the sleeves back up and hoiking the thing back onto my shoulders. Bloomin' irritating! So on my next day off I slapped it onto my sewing table and set to work....I promptly sorted it in all of 10mins...
This shot better shows the difference in the neckline...
Using this method I managed to sort the too wide neckline, and falling down sleeves in a few quick and simple steps. I used inch wide masking tape to mark a new stitching line all down the sleeve seam; from the neck to the cuff...
...pinned my new stitching line and removed the masking tape guide...
...stitched along the new seamline, zig zag stitched next to that (still no overlocker!) and trimmed off the excess.
A simple 10 minute fix to a top that was several sizes too big, and now fits beautifully!
Sometimes a quickie project can be just as satisfying as something more complex :)
3 comments:
I would never have thought of taking it in from above the shoulder like that! Genius!
I use this method a lot to take in adult tops to child size. Works a treat.
Adele - EOD
Thank you I was wondering what to do
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