Diy [carven inspired] cut out mini dress

crazychick · #1 11-23-2011, 12:47 PM

div style="text-align: justify;"Taking a horrendous dress and turning it into something cute and wearable is what I love most about DIY, and all it takes is a little time and imagination. As somenbsp;of you may know, I fell in love with the a href="/2011/10/diy-on-runway-carven-ss12.html"Carven SS12/a collection, particularly the strategically placed cut outs on the dresses. I knew the triangular cut outnbsp;was something I would have to try for myself./divbr /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZG41wX7pbC8/TsuWrgT_PuI/AAAAAAAAFp0/eIApHJIexok/s1600/pink+dress3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="640px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZG41wX7pbC8/TsuWrgT_PuI/AAAAAAAAFp0/eIApHJIexok/s640/pink+dress3.png" width="618px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HuFCE9FmSIs/TsuXZ62ONUI/AAAAAAAAFp8/79ZUh***fP4/s1600/Slide2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="504px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HuFCE9FmSIs/TsuXZ62ONUI/AAAAAAAAFp8/79ZUh***fP4/s640/Slide2.png" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"Originally I wantednbsp;a dressnbsp;with a bright print like the Carven fabrics, but was unable to find anything I liked. I snagged this pink dress from the $1 pile of my local thrift shop and thought I could use that instead. I tried the dress on when I got home and my boyfriend almost vommed, it was not flattering in emany /emway. I was told I resembled a 'sister wife' farmer in my mid-calf length, puffed shoulder dress that was also about 4 inches too big in the waist. /divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-INPFhMcEKds/TsuHEB20U-I/AAAAAAAAFpE/LT-GtQgeWbE/s1600/Slide3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="504px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-INPFhMcEKds/TsuHEB20U-I/AAAAAAAAFpE/LT-GtQgeWbE/s640/Slide3.png" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"Transforming this dress took a little time but not that much skill, and all of it can be done by hand if you don't have a sewing machine. /divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"strongHow I did it:/strong/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"1. I cut the dress short and hemmed it./divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"2. I took the dress in at the waist by about 4 inches by sewing two thick darts in the back along the existingnbsp;seam lines./divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"3. I thennbsp;created the triangle in the front by cutting an upside down T into the front centre of the dress. I then folded the flaps of the T up and out to create the triangular opening. /divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"4. I secured these using small stitches and then sewed the raw egde of the bottom of the T over to hem it./divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"5. Finally, Inbsp;cut the sleeves off the dress and hemmed the new armholes./divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"6.nbsp;I then gavenbsp;the dress a really good iron, focusing on the hemmed areas./divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KXt5fNY7DF0/TsuLXa1k36I/AAAAAAAAFps/sA0eATXMN1Q/s1600/Slide5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" hda="true" height="504px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KXt5fNY7DF0/TsuLXa1k36I/AAAAAAAAFps/sA0eATXMN1Q/s640/Slide5.png" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"All done! This dress is sure to get plenty of wear. I'll be donning it withnbsp;some sheer spotted tights once the weather starts cooling down a bit in Hong Kong. If you like this look but don't like the exposed skin, you can always sew some sheer lace over the opening which I think would be very cute./divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cAL4_QVyr6o/TsueV6bczcI/AAAAAAAAFqE/P11eXTziIw4/s1600/Slide1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" hda="true" height="504px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cAL4_QVyr6o/TsueV6bczcI/AAAAAAAAFqE/P11eXTziIw4/s640/Slide1.png" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"I hope this sort of project inspires you to be a bit imaginative with things you see in thrift stores. There'snbsp;a world of possibilities once you get to grips with taking the scissors to your clothes. 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