Size 4 to size now!

Added Oct 11, 2009

by nettie

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Description

I have had this dress a loooooong time.
So long, in fact, that it is a size 4.
I have not been a size 4 since before I had Missy.
She will be 9 in March.

The funny (read-tragic) thing is, this dress was too big for me when I bought it! Which was why it has never, not even one time, been worn.

I have a hard time with dresses, especially shirt dresses, because my upper and lower halves are two very different sizes.

As you can see this size 4 top is perfect, but the ‘before’ pic shows you that there was no hope of this EVER buttoning all the way again. Ever!

So, I chopped the sleeves.
Very carefully picked out both cuff seams.
Very carefully picked out the hem seam.
Spilt the side seams up to the fifth button from the top.
Split both sleeve pieces in two where they were already cut for the sleeve detail.
Sewed each set into two longer pieces.
Pinned the hell out those pieces into both side seam openings, tapering towards the top.
Sewed the bits in.
Made some adjustments.
Re-hemmed the bottom.
Made new sleeve hems.
Shortened button tabs and reattached to each sleeve.
Marvel at the fact that I have another dress to wear in my quest to look my age and pretend that I have style ;0)

Material Notes

Cotton Ann Taylor shirt dress

Categories

For
Women
Garment Type
Dress
Material
Cotton, Shirting

6 Comments

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    Oct 13, 2009, 12.17 AMby sandrasews

    Great refashioning job! I also agree the short sleeves look much better and more feminine.

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    Oct 12, 2009, 10.02 PMby nettie

    Thank you for your comments! I agree that it looks better and feels more comfortable with short sleeves. They felt very binding before.

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    Oct 11, 2009, 09.38 PMby frenchpea

    Very creative, I really like this dress. Yes, much better short-sleeved, too.

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    Oct 11, 2009, 09.35 PMby kiki27

    Awesome! I think the dress has a more feminine look to it now than it had before. In my humble opinion you’re not pretending to have style, you do have style!

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    Oct 11, 2009, 09.20 PMby flosiepoos

    Super clever! And a really smart dress too. I agree, much better with short sleeves. Top job!

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    Oct 11, 2009, 06.27 PMby oscarthegrouch108

    good save/fix. i like it much better short sleeved than long. i think the long sleeve made it look too old.

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