Add sleeves

Learn how to add sleeves to a strapless dress by sewing on straps and sleeves. This is a quick alteration to make a dress more wearable!

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 […]

One question that I get all the time is how to put sleeves on a sleeveless dress. It seems like clothing companies these days really want us to skip the sleeves - either because they are forcing the s

Learn how to make flutter sleeves with Peek-a-Boo Pages. We'll share a number of ways to add a flutter sleeves pattern to your shirt or dress.

If a sewing patterns sleeves are too small for you, heres a simple adjustment to add more space into them and make sleeves larger.

I recently received an email asking for a tutorial on adding sleeves to a tube top prom dress. My mind went back many years to my h...

A tutorial on how to add sleeves to a pattern. How to draft a basic sleeve for any sleeveless dress pattern.

I bought this sheath dress last month at Old Navy for $6. It was about 5 inches too short and it didn't have sleeves. So......... in my closet it sat all month . Adding legnth and sleeves First I went to Joann's and purchased some fabric. I chose this grey herringbone pattern. It was $2 a yard. I purchased 1 1/2 yards. I laid my fabric and dress on the floor and measured the width of the bottom of the dress adding a 1/2 an inch for my seam allowance. I needed to add at least 5 inches to the…

I’m all for simple things. Give me t-shirts, sweatpants or leggings all the time. My version of dressing up is a t-shirt, sandals and pencil skirt. I can’t help…