To learn how to enlarge a dress, embroider a skirt, make your favorite jeans a size or two larger, watch the video, a master class with step-by-step photos.
Over time, people change, children grow, adults get better. Sometimes things get small. To continue wearing your favorite blouse, dress, jeans, skirt, you need to know how to increase things. There are interesting tricks that can help you fit your wardrobe to size and make it even more fashionable.
How to make a dress bigger if it's small
No one will even guess that this thing has become a bit cramped for you. You will transform it, make it more brutal, so you will have one more new thing, and the dress will not have to be thrown away. See how simple it was and how original it became. This option is suitable when the thing is just for you, but you are already tired of it and you want something new.
Here, the dress consists of a bodice and a gathered skirt. First you need to rip off this skirt. Here's how to enlarge the dress further. Now you need to rip the sidewalls. Iron all the details.
If you do not like an inflated skirt, then you need to sew an additional strip between it and the bodice as a wide belt.
You can make such a belt from the bottom of the skirt, if it is of sufficient length. And if you want to combine this dress with another fabric, then cut a strip from another fabric for a wide belt. Stitch it to the bottom of the bodice. If you wish, also decorate with wide braid by sewing on it.
If you also want your new dress to be transparent on the sides, then you can also use leftover tulle. Often, the finished tulle is too long, and the hostesses have to cut off the excess, hem the tulle. You can also use the remaining strip, as the craftswoman did. She lengthened her skirt with it. Sew the fabric to the bottom of the skirt, then secure it.
Connect the bodice with inserts with a belt. You need to sew it to the gathered skirt. You will have such a wonderful outfit. Here's how to enlarge your dress. There are many more options from which you can choose the best one.
When you decide how to enlarge the dress, we suggest making it more fashionable. Check out some examples.
If your dress is tight and a little small, then you can increase it by one size if you do the following.
- Usually, these tight-fitting dresses are composed of several parts. There is a central one in front, then there are two sidewalls.
- On the left side, open the joint between the center section and the front side panel. Then insert the gusset here. It can be a translucent fabric.
- Now you need to make holes using a special device and insert rivets here. Then you insert a cord of the same color as the dress into these grooves and tie it. You will have such a new thing.
You can make an open back. If this part of the dress is not enough for you, open the seam on the back. Then tuck the edges of the right and left halves, insert rivets here and thread the lace. You will be able to tie and undo it as needed. If the dress is still small in the sleeves, then make the armholes larger by cutting through them, then take the rest of the fabric and hem them.
The best option, which will tell you how to enlarge the dress, is to make the side gussets. Open the side seams. If the item is still small in the shoulders, then open the shoulder seams as well. Insert symmetrical strips on both sides. If you need to lengthen the dress, then you will also sew the same pieces of jewelry to its bottom.
New sidewalls can be of different colors. If you want the dress to build you additionally, then pay attention to the dark stripes. Black vertical ones are ideal. To add romance to the dress, you can also make a heart-shaped hole.
Here's how to enlarge a different type of dress. This idea is perfect for a curvier woman. Choose a fabric that matches your base fabric. Open the sidewall and insert the gusset.
If you add a small section, then you can insert a strip on one side only. And if you need to significantly increase the dress, then for symmetry it is necessary to sew on both sides.
If you have chosen this option, then you can additionally process the neck with the same fabric and make a bow from it and from the main one. Then it will seem that this is a ready-made purchase option and no one will guess that you just increased the dress.
The next photo collection will give other ideas on this topic. If the dress in the chest is not enough for you, then you can whip this part and cut it (but larger) from a different material. Then sew this new piece in place of the old shelf. This option is shown in the first photographs. You can make an acute-angled yoke. And if you have a high waist on a dress, and you want to make a regular one, then insert a wide belt between the bodice and the skirt. To increase the dress in the chest, you can make vest-like inserts. Such examples are shown in the following photographs.
If you want to hide the joints of the dress with the inserts, then close them with such a lace braid. Take an openwork tape so that it is in a contrasting color. If you have a dark dress, then white lace is perfect. It is better to sew them on your hands, although you can do this on a sewing machine.
See how burgundy and black go well. The dress is dark red, you can use black fabric for the inserts. And on top, sew the same dark lace lace to decorate the dress in this way.
You can make it more in the waist area. To do this, sew a belt of black fabric here, and then on top you attach a braid of the same color.
If you want to know how to lengthen the dress by several sizes, then you can use a different fabric. Open a dress that is small. Leave the bottom or top. If you left the bottom, then you can insert dark sides on the thighs and make the upper part out of another fabric.
To redo the little black dress and look even slimmer, use some white fabric. Rip the dress from the darts to the bottom of the hem on 2 sides. Insert strips of white fabric of the desired width here. To determine how much to add on, first unroll the dress here. Then put it on and go to the mirror. Take a centimeter and measure, looking at your image, how many centimeters to add on each side.
Cut out white stripes of this size, but leave additional seam allowances. On top, these stripes should be a little wider to get such an interesting effect. And if the dress is still small in the shoulders, open it here too, cut off the excess and hem. You will get such interesting cutouts on the shoulders.
The next workshop will help you increase the size of the dress by 1 or even 2. If this product has a seam in the front, open it here. If there is no seam, then fold the dress in half lengthwise, pin the side seams with pins and draw with chalk where the middle of the front will be. Then unfold the dress, attach a long ruler here and already with its help draw a more even line with small pieces.
If you have such a dark solid color fabric, then an insert of shiny canvas will be very successful. It will not only help to increase the size of the dress, but also make it more cheerful.
Tuck both edges of the cutout, place a strip of shiny fabric of the desired width between them, pin here with pins and sew with a basting stitch. Then it remains to sew on a typewriter. You will end up with an interesting product.
If you want not only to enlarge the dress, but also to make the figure appear slimmer, then make cutouts on the side. The photo shows what they should be.
Side inserts represent a strip that is slightly narrower at the top, and wider at the bottom. Further, this strip turns into a diamond-shaped figure. This trick will help to visually make the waist thinner.
To enlarge the dress, you need to make it larger on the shoulders. Here, open the seams and sew on a strip of this fabric. If the dress is short for you, then make it longer, also taking a strip of auxiliary fabric. Sew it here, tuck the bottom and hem.
Thin faux leather or shiny fabric will make the dress look even slimmer and larger. Again you can use a combination of burgundy and black, which is very winning.
Not only the dress, but also the trousers may turn out to be small over time. You will increase them if you use the following guidelines. You can do this with a cloth or plain water.
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How to enlarge things - expanding the pants
If you need to stretch them a little, then use water. To do this, take a spray bottle, pour water into it. But first put the film on the floor, then lay the jeans on top. Apply water here and start stretching the jeans.
If you need to increase the trousers even more, then pour water into the bathtub. Now try to put on jeans. This is easiest to do if you lie down, then zip up your pants. Now lie down in this form in a bath of water and stay there for 10 minutes. Now you need to get up, try to squeeze the water right on yourself.
Get out of the tub on a shot-down cloth that is non-slip. You can use a rubber mat. After that, you will need to do gymnastics. Exercise. Squats are especially helpful.
When stretching wet jeans on yourself, do so if you are in a warm room to avoid catching a cold.
After half an hour, you can take off your trousers and dry them.
If the method does not suit you, then take a special expander. First, also wet the fabric, then insert such a device here and begin to twist its mechanism to expand the pants. You can take a special steamer or an iron with this function. When the pants get warm, put them on immediately and wear for an hour to stretch.
There are also more popular methods. To enlarge the jeans, turn them inside out and open the side seams. If there are enough allowances here, then create new seams and thereby enlarge the pants.
To enlarge the trousers, you can insert stripes. Find the right fabric. Now open the side out seam. You also need to make a cut in the belt at this level. On the other side of the pants, do exactly the same manipulation.
Now determine how wide the inserts should be. To do this, you can put on trousers, take a centimeter and see how much you need to add on each side. Now at this width, cut the ribbon out of a suitable fabric. Leave 7 cm on each side for seams. Cut out the stripes. You can baste them on jeans first. Then you can try on and see if the calculations are correct. If the pants still turned out to be small or became large, then you will subtract the excess and sew on a typewriter. You don't have to buy new pants as you were able to enlarge the old ones.
And if the jeans are small only in the belt, then watch the next master class with step-by-step photos. Get a suitable fabric. If you haven't found one, you can rip off a piece of canvas at the bottom of your pocket. To make a pocket again later, rip this blank at the seams. Now it consists of 2 parts. Attach each to a suitable fabric, cut out. Make small allowances at the top. Then you will sew this pocket and sew it in place.
And the one that you have chosen will be useful to you in order to increase the trousers in the belt. After all, this fabric is the same as on them. Carefully cut through the sidewall of the waistband on one side and the other. Now put on your pants. Put a piece of paper or newspaper inside, draw with a pencil where you want to cut.
Now take this paper pattern, place it on the folded fabric and outline, then cut out.
And you can first cut out a diamond-shaped wedge on the basis of this blank. Then you attach it to your jeans, pin it with pins, then lower the other half so that you get a double patch. It will be denser than single.
You can then sew a belt loop in place of the wedge so that it is not very noticeable. And if you insert a belt here, the patch will hardly be visible.
You can also enlarge the jeans in a different way if you need to make them larger at the waist. This option is suitable for those who have slightly gained weight and for young women who are expecting a baby.
See what the jeans were in the beginning, what they became later.
You can see that soft inserts have appeared over the pockets instead of a hard belt. They are made of stretch fabric. To create these, trim off the spaces above the pockets. Leave the top of the pockets seamed.
Now take the stretch fabric and fold it in half. The fold will be at the top. Attach the cut out part here, cut with a seam allowance. Sew this knit with a hem or zigzag stitch, then sew it in place of the cut out pocket.
This is how you can increase the trousers so that there is a soft elastic waist, and it does not press on the stomach.
And if you need to enlarge the skirt, see how it is done, as a result you will get an original thing.
How to increase a thing in size - expanding the skirt
Look, if it is on an elastic band, then you just need to whip this elastic band and insert a new one here, which is larger.
You can also expand the skirt with a steamer. But these measures are valid only until the first wash. Then the skirt will return to the same size. If you want to make it increase for a long time, then proceed as follows.
As with the trousers, push off the top of the skirt on both sides. Now put a piece of newspaper in here and see how big the wedge should be. Use a knitted fabric for this. You fold it in half, you get a rhombus. Cut it out with allowances. Place inside the incision. Make a triangle out of the rhombus and stitch this wedge here. Then expand the skirt on the other side as well.
If the skirt has a seam in the back, open it and insert a strip of fabric that matches the color. You can sew in a detachable zipper. If desired, sew on top an elasticated waistband that is wider than the waistband was previously.
If you need to enlarge the skirt at the hips, and at the waist it is just right for you, then rip it apart at the seams. After that, insert triangles here from a fabric that matches the color and texture.
You can pick up a suitable fabric and make such an insert in the front. If the skirt has a vertical seam in the middle, rip it open. If not, then draw such a straight line in the middle of the front vertically and cut along it. Then you will need to tuck the edges of the skirt in this place on both sides. Place a wedge of a suitable color and size under the wrong side, sew along the edges to grab both it and the main canvas.
Contrasting inserts will help not only expand the skirt, but also transform it.
If this piece of clothing has become too small for you, then rip the skirt in the middle. Take a similar or contrasting fabric and cut two curled stripes out of it. Sew one on the right side of the skirt, attach the other on the other side. Make a button or Velcro closure. Curved wedges can be inserted, and bright fabric inserts can be made in the center and at the top.
Curved symmetrical stripes will also be appropriate here. You will cut the skirt from the front to the side with one of the other side. Insert here such dark wedges that will add harmony.
You can insert a rather spacious wedge in the front under the skirt. If this product is made of lightweight canvas, then an airy fabric will be appropriate. She drapes well and will lie like these flounces.
And if you need to increase the warm skirt, then the wedge should also be made of dense fabric, like the main product. You can sew this not only in the front, but also in the back.
If you need to enlarge the skirt a lot, then open it in the center or cut it here. Insert the textured wedge inside. From above you will sew a belt with which you will fasten this product.
If you want to get a trendy, modern skirt and at the same time increase it in size, then use thin faux leather or shiny fabric. If the skirt is black, then use the same color. The first photo shows how to significantly increase the size of the skirt with the help of artificial leather. You need to cut out a suitable canvas and sew it on the front. Use a double stitching, after which you need to fix this wedge. From the leftover leather, you will make an addition to the belt. In the center, it is made in the form of a triangle, which will add texture to the product.
By using black fabric, you will also make the skirt one size larger and at the same time turn it into a stylish piece.
It is not necessary to make the wedge straight in front. You can give it another shape you want. And if you have a small piece of leather, then sew it on, as shown in the photo, it will still be amazing.
Here's how to arrange a skirt using fabric. With the help of it, you can increase this product in size, as well as drape the place that you enlarged.
You can additionally sew a side zipper to the enlarged skirt, as it is done in the left photo.
And if you have a colorful product, then choose one of the colors of this skirt and find the fabric of that color. You will need to cut a new belt and insert out of it. To make the product complete, you can make another strip of this canvas at the bottom and just above the hip line. Insert the large open-ended zipper to zip up and open the new outfit.
It is even easier to enlarge the skirt if you sew a canvas to the side of the fabric. Then you will significantly increase this product.
If your favorite skirt has become short for you, or you want to make a maxi from a mini, then use a lace fabric. Attach this thing to it, cut the fabric to the desired length. And you can close the junction with a canvas by cutting a strip out of it. Such silk fabric will look beautiful if its edges are wavy, as in this case.
Here's how to make things bigger. Video master classes continue this useful topic. See how you can enlarge jeans.
The master class below will teach you how to increase such trousers in the hips and waist.
The next video tutorial will show you how to embroider a skirt.
And how to increase the dress by size or even 2, the third video will tell you.
