No More Cold Shoulders

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Basic black is always stylish but some trends are not as timeless as others. I liked the shape of this dress but it was a bit long.  I did not like these cold shoulder sleeves. They were huge for a while and now I think we are all over it. I don't want my arms open like this. I cant just sew the openings together, that would make the sleeves too tight. It's OK, I had an idea.

How can I fix these sleeves?

 

I started by removing the sleeves. I wanted to keep the shape of the shoulder seam intact. I wanted to use this sleeve as a pattern, I could just tear it up. I would be able to rely on it as a pattern. 

 

 Here are the sleeves that I removed. The shape of the shoulder seam is curved and I needed that curve. I used the shape of the cut to re-cut the sleeves. I cut new shoulder seams below the cold-shoulder opening. This will make the sleeves more of 3/4 length sleeve. I would like that a lot more than the open sleeves. 

The next step was to sew the sleeve back in. 

I Put the sleeve and the dress together with the right sides facing each other and sewed all the way around the new shoulder seam. 

Here is a close up look at one of my new sleeves.

I took off a few inches of length and gave the dress a new hem because the dress was too long on me. 

 

I really like the dress more now. It is very simple and classic so I can wear it anywhere. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself. 

***Year End Update***- This is so simple and classic now, I am going to wear this forever.