It started off looking something like this:
I despise sweater dresses with a passion because even though I'm fairly (fairly!) "small" I'm super duper curvy... You don't have to be "plus size" to be "curvy". Just sayin'... Anyhoo, I shortened this to make it more flattering to my gynormous bottom half.
The stripes made this part easy :)
Then, I cut out some material from that bottom scrap and added them into the side seams of the sweater to give me a little extra room...
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| Sew in one side at a time with right sides together |
I left the bottom edge raw because I just didn't feel like finishing it #honesty
Even with the awkwardness of the stripes, I still think it lined up pretty well :)
It's been crazy gloomy in Indiana this fall. I had this sweater finished quite a while ago, but the weather never cooperated with my After photo shoots. I finally gave up and decided to take pics with the gloomy background.
Happy Refashioning!
If you want to see a full tutorial of how I added in the panels feel free to click here.
~Laura
3 comments:
I hear you! I have the exact same body type as you. And I have actually done the exact same to two dresses of mine of the exact same reason.
Nice refashion, I'm sure you will get a lot more wear out of the garment now.
Nice makeover. Looks great.
Cindy - EOD
Upcycled Design Lab
Super awesome fix!
-TheRefashStash
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