How to lengthen a knitted dress with your own hands?

Sometimes it happens that the dress is too short, and you do not want to part with it. For example, if you were presented with it or it was bought through the Internet without trying on, or it jumped because you got better. It turns out there are several effective ways to rectify the situation. How to lengthen a knitted dress and leave your favorite outfit in the wardrobe - we will consider in detail the options in this article.

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Hemline Recommendations

Making a short women's dress longer is easier than it might initially seem. Depending on how much the hem should go down, you can:

• Add lace.
• Dissolve the hem, steam it thoroughly through wet cheesecloth and tuck it again, leaving part of the fabric to the length.
• Make a yoke.
• Run a hem from another fabric along the hem.
• Set shuttlecocks (horizontal, vertical, diagonally, freely assembled or form oncoming folds).
• Make a long translucent case.

Important! Dresses with a train look very impressive, which is very easy to add. It is not necessary to fasten it to the dress - you can simply tie it at the waist.

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Lace

Lace should be selected either to match the dress, or contrasting. The insert can be made along the bottom line - the strip is simply gently sewn to the hem.

Important! It is not recommended to use lace on the waistline, since a similar method can lead to a visual increase in volume.

There is a very interesting, but more laborious option to lengthen the dress with your own hands:

1. The lower part of the skirt is cut as even as possible at the level of 5-10 cm from the edge.
2. The insert is used to reunite the cut with the main body.

Important! According to lace, you can additionally put loose a scattering of beads, sequins or rhinestones, this will add along with special festivity.

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Playing in contrast: extra lane

If you need to add about 20 cm to the length of the dress, you can use a similar fabric in a contrasting color: sew black to white or red to black. Here you can connect your imagination by typing a canvas of stripes of different widths and colors. The simplest thing is if the texture of the thing allows, - to connect satin tight ribbons.

The original way to beautifully lengthen the dress is to put on a strip of elastic artificial leather (lacquered or matte) or translucent fabric.

Important! As an option - you can make the bottom colorful. However, for harmony, you will have to add an element from the same fabric.

The first way is at chest level:

• Make a brooch in the form of a decorative flower or bow.
• Tie an elegant handkerchief around your neck.
• Make a patch pocket.
• Sew buttons that are covered with the insert material.

The second way is to transform the sleeves by changing:

• Cuffs, completely replacing them with new ones.
• The length of the insert, which will be similar in color or style to the one that will be launched on the bottom of the product.
• Close-fitting buttons.
• Fit by adding patch pockets.

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Waist work

Changing the length of the dress for various reasons is possible not only along the bottom line. Very interesting, but more laborious work is also possible along the waistline.

Important! In the process of transforming a sheath dress, difficulties may arise with flashing tucks. They must be dissolved and a yoke made of fabric similar to that of which the product is made.

If the skirt is quite wide, then it can be easily lowered down:

• The simplest is to take a simple knitted fabric and sew it between the lower and upper parts of the clothes.
• It is necessary that the upper part of the insert matches the waist circumference.
• The bottom should be taken a little wider.
• The insert is best made of two trapezoidal pieces - so the thing will sit well on the figure.

Important! The coquette does not have to be a rectangle. The central part of both the lower and upper sections is sharpened. In the cut products at the same time appropriate changes are made.

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Shuttlecocks

Beautiful magnificent flounces will be appropriate for a straight skirt or knitted tight outfit.

Shuttlecocks can be fixed as follows:

• Directly on the front side of the skirt, when the lines of sections of shuttlecocks are processed decoratively and remain outside. The hem line is under the insert.
• The upper section of the frill is attached to the skirt from the inside. The hem is on the front side.
• The hem of the skirt and frill are aligned on the front side. The joint seam will be placed inside.

Important! Shuttlecocks are obtained by freely dialing the edges of the canvas of a rectangular shape onto a thread, followed by attaching to the main fabric. Can be made as one layer or several.

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Translucent case

A translucent case is made of the appropriate fabric - chiffon, organza. A rectangular cut can be sewn along the edges and sewn to a dense elastic band, which can be easily hidden under a decorative belt.

Important! You can make a translucent skirt with a smell on a wide belt, wrapping around the waist. This element creates the illusion of length and looks very original.

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How can I beautifully lengthen a knitted thing?

• Knitwear has the ability to stretch over time. Therefore, things from this material must be lengthened either through a section along the waist with the corresponding insert, or through a neat extension of the hem.
• Pay attention to the weight of the cut-off to be sewn: too heavy a piece of knitwear will not withstand and sag.

Important! Work with knitwear is necessarily performed with special needles specifically for this type of fabric. Otherwise, holes will first appear, and then they will turn into arrows.

• For natural knitwear, for example, linen sundresses and dresses, the fabric for the insert should not be artificial. In the case when you need to instruct only a couple of centimeters, add elastic lace.
• If you know how to crochet, then you can turn the outfit into a real masterpiece: using the hem of the hem as the base, tie the lace of the required length. If you have the skills and appropriateness of the design of the model, you should pay attention to the Irish lace, where separately crocheted elements are gathered together, forming a beautiful pattern.

Important! The knitted dress, tailored to the figure, with a light fluffy skirt made of organza, tulle, chiffon, looks wonderful.

The following non-standard solutions will help to beautifully extend a knitted dress with your own hands:

• You can sew a piece of fabric by picking it up at the seams.
• Stitch in the “belt”, leaving a part for the decorative knot.
• Calculate the eight-blade skirt, where instead of the waist, you can take the width of the hem. Such an insert is made into the floor.

Important! If the toilet can be attributed to the evening option - add a train, making the rear wedges more authentic.

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Extension of the bottom of the dress at the back

If there is a harness at the back, you can beat it through the wedge insert. This element can be transformed into a magnificent train if you sew beautiful voluminous shuttlecocks on it.

The train can be removed directly from under the belt, gradually increasing the tiers of the fabric. For example: to place narrow tiers at the very top, closer to the bottom they become wider, below the edge of the skirt, narrow again.It should turn out a magnificent rhombus.

You can also make a case from translucent fabric by shortening it in front. If the dress is in the form of a “fish” with a magnificent petticoat, then the “tail” is sewn in flounces, and its base is fixed on the petticoat.

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Lengthening a wedding dress

The most difficult options are beautiful wedding dresses with puffy skirts. But such dresses also lengthen, for this you can:

• Sew an extra layer along the bottom row of matching lace.
• Having slightly embroidered the junction of the skirt and corset, if necessary, deliver a strip of fabric there.
• Additionally sew a layer of tulle on the petticoat, this will make the dress longer and more magnificent.

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Even without special skills, it is quite possible to lengthen a knitted dress with your own hands. Show a little imagination and you will get a new original dress.