A simple straight silk dress that has long been hanging in the closet idle can find a whole new life if you alter it, for example, in a nightgown.
I often give a second chance to things that have lost their relevance, are out of fashion, or just fed up by sewing something else out of them. This is especially true for those products that are sewn from good fabrics.
Here is another one of my favorite summer dresses has found a new life, becoming a silk nightgown. Moreover, the alteration turned out to be minimal. I changed only the upper part of the dress, redrawing it according to the dress pattern, while the side seams and the bottom of the dress remained unchanged.
One pattern - 6 dresses!
For alteration you will need:
✂ Pattern simple sundress on thin straps (preferably without tucks);
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✂ Cutting scissors for silk;
✂ Tailor's chalk;
✂ Tailor pins for delicate fabrics;
✂ Ruler
Step 1
Cut off the sleeves and spread the shoulder seams.
Iron.
Step 2
Fold the dress with the wrong side inward, aligning the side seams.
Step 3
Overlay the pattern of the shelf and the back of the sundress on the corresponding sides of the dress.
At the same time, we do not rip off the side seams!
If there is a slight discrepancy in the pattern at the side seams, as in the photo, this can be corrected during the first fitting.
Step 4
Cut parts only along the lines of the upper cuts, while rounding the cutout in front.
Step 5
From the remnants, cut oblique inels.
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Step 6
Pick up one inlay according to the size of the front cut.
Fold it in half with the wrong side inward and iron it.
Give the inlay a shape that repeats the cutout of the shelf with an iron.
Step 7
Trim the neckline.
Iron.
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Step 8
Stack the rest of the inks with one another.
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Step 9
Trim sections of the armholes and backs with a long neckline, leaving the long ends free.
Step 10
The free ends of the inlay are straps.
Try on and adjust the length of the straps.
Sew the ends of the straps manually to the edged back section.
Done!
The author of the master class and photo: Julia Dekanova
