I absolutely love this dress. Too much to put in my shop. But the collar, not so much. Or those sleeves. I love the small floral print and the waist, though... so I decided that the sleeves have got to go. I debated leaving the collar, but opted for going without it. I may add a little lace collar later but for now, plain is what I had in mind. It just would look better for fall with a knit cardigan and some burgundy tights, dont you think? Not that I'm crossing my fingers for rain or planning when my next pumpkin spice latte will be..
Removing sleeves is a lot simpler than I thought it would be. I am not an expert sewer, I made some lingerie awhile back and I do minor repairs and hemming. Ask me about any technical terms though and I am completely lost. I didn't take any in between photos because, honestly all I did was take a seam ripper to the seams of the sleeves! I didnt cut them because I made that mistake once before, and.... let's just say it wasn't cute and that dress is now always worn with a sweater. Just turn the dress inside out and rip the seams, starting from the armpit. It took me about 15 minutes because I wanted to be careful to not accidentally rip any holes. If you're going to hem your dress like I did, measure about an inch longer than you'd like the hem to be so there's room to fold over your edge. Lastly, I removed the collar with the seam ripper which was a piece of cake. There was still a clean edge when I was done so there was no need to re-sew the neckline (yay!). I left the edges where the sleeves used to be about 1/4" to the new seam and voila, much better :)
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