Adding Sleeves To A Strapless Wedding Dress

Sewing sleeves to a strapless wedding dress make a wedding. When i added my first post regarding adding sleeves to a strapless dress i had not taken enough pictures to be able to take you on a step by step process of adding shoulders and sleeves. Align the center of the sleeves with the shoulder seam.

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How to stitch the cap sleeves to the top dress.

Adding sleeves to a strapless wedding dress.

Add sequins beads or other embellishments to the sleeves and the bodice to tie them together visually.
Leave a few inches of thread at one end.
This section will fit into an armhole.
Try on your gown and measure across the top of your shoulder beginning at the front of the dress and moving toward the back.

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Finish the edges of the sleeve with a zig zag stitch and hem the bottom edge.
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Sew two rows of hem stitches from end to end or notch to notch.

Altering a wedding dress adding shoulders and sleeves to strapless wedding dress in my home sewing business i often alter wedding dresses sometimes taking a strapless wedding dress and making it modest by adding shoulders and sleeves.
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I did ask davids bridal about sleeves when i bought the dress and they told me that they have detachable sleeves they could add but they were limited in the styles and options all of which looked horrible with my dress.
How to add lace sleeves and shoulders to a strapless lace and silk taffeta gown before.
Cap sleeves are fairly simple to construct and attach and you can even add them to your gown using snaps so that they can come off after the ceremony.
This allows you to remove the sleeves when youd rather go strapless.

Begin sewing with the sleeve on top.
Keep the sleeve under the armhole.
Instead of stitching the sleeve to the dress add snaps to the bias tape and the dress about 1 inch apart.
I will be taking my dress to an independent seamstress that has worked on family wedding gowns before.

Gather up the sleeve cap at the notches.
Put a seam allowance on the sleeve side up.
You will have to open up the side seams with a seam ripper about 4 inches atleast from the top.