I'll just come out and say it. I am super fussy about the length of dresses or skirts. For me, the difference of a couple of centimetres is all it takes for a skirt to be too long or too short. Making a dress or skirt shorter is easy - all that is required is a simple re-hemming. But what about when you actually need to add fabric? Hmmm...
I've spoken before about this checked denim dress I recently bought. When I bought it, I knew it was too short for my liking, but the overall design of it won me over, and I purchased it anyway. However, I secretly knew that it would only be a matter of time before I would start experimenting on it, and try to rework it to make it longer.
My original plan was to add a contrasting fabric band along the bottom of the dress. This would be an easy enough solution - all it would take would be to measure around the bottom of your dress or skirt, and cut a length of fabric long enough to fit all the way around. Sew it in place, et voila - you have a longer dress.
When I was planning this small project though, I came across this crochet trim which had been hanging about in my supplies for years (longer than a decade - oops!). At one time, it was used to make wedding dresses for Sylvanian Families. I had a light bulb moment, and decided to add the trim along the bottom of my dress. This made for a slightly more straight forward alteration, and I like the contrast of the crochet trim and the denim. Of course, if you wanted to be really fancy, you could crochet your own trim, rather than using a ready made one. This way, you would get a really unique look, as well as more control over the end length of your garment.
An additional feature of the crochet trim, is that it weighs the skirt of this dress down, so thankfully I won't be having a Marilyn moment any time soon.
Are you fussy about the length of your skirts? Why not see what happened when I made a long skirt shorter?
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