Adding sleeves to a sleeveless dress

Last weekend my little sister was married. I was one of her bridesmaids, and she chose to get the dresses from David’s Bridal. None of the gowns were available with sleeves, or really even …

Learn how to add sleeves to sleeveless dresses or tops.

In case you missed me on Family Ever After a couple weeks ago, here is the tutorial I did for her Sewlebrity Crush Series. My little girl loves clothes. She is nearly four and loves the color pink…

These weeks are flying by — somehow it’s time for another round of DIY Friday! Lulu*s sent me this dress a few months ago, and although I totally loved it, I don’t wear sleeveless tops, so it was super annoying to have to wear a jacket or a sweater over it all the time. We’ve […]

These weeks are flying by — somehow it’s time for another round of DIY Friday! Lulu*s sent me this dress a few months ago, and although I totally loved it, I don’t wear sleeveless tops, so it was super annoying to have to wear a jacket or a sweater over it all the time. We’ve […]

We’ve all done it before. You know…. wearing a short sleeve shirt under our sleeveless tops/summer dresses. Yes, I’m talking to you LDS women out there. And yes, some of us still do it(me guilty!), it’s such a UT/mormon thing but it’s not like we think it’s cuter that way, we just want to dress …

Learn how to add sleeves to a strapless dress by sewing on thick straps and flutter sleeves. This is a quick alteration to make a dress more wearable! Strapless and sleeveless dresses might be easy to find, but they are a little uncomfortable to wear if you are always worrying about them staying up. It’s often needed to add straps and sleeves to a strapless dress, and it’s an easy and simple refashion! I have done this alteration too many times to count for teenagers so their dress would…

The MiraJane dress pattern is initially a fairly basic and simple dress design but I think that's what makes it so versatile. From lengthening or shortening the skirt to adding for example a simple elastic puffed sleeve instead of straps. What do you think if we see how to add the lantern sleeve that we have in our 01 sleeve pack to give a different look to the dress?

A step by step tutorial on how to make and add sleeves to a strapless dress, wedding dress, prom dress or bridesmaid dress. Only simple sewing skills needed.

I wanted to post a tutorial on how to insert sleeves into a sleeveless dress because it's totally easy to do (even if you're not the m...