Try this cheap and easy way to fix a long dress at home if you want to change the style of a boring long dress or you have a dress you like but the length of the dress is too short. hide your slender legs? Don’t worry, let’s take a look at how to fix a long skirt right at home without spending a lot of money!

 

Why do we need to fix long skirts?

There are probably a million reasons, ladies:

• Her skirt is too long compared to her “short” height.
• The dress is too long and sloppy
• She wants to change to a newer style.

Try the following methods with me to turn a boring long dress into a more stylish dress, of course you can do it at home.

From a simple fashion girl, you will become a trendy girl with the tips below.

Ladies, you can refer to the illustration of skirt length below and apply it to “lengthen your legs”.

 

Applicable objects can be basic A-line skirts from raw materials to denim, pleated skirts, long one-piece dresses.

Or old long dresses that she wants to change, it’s so diverse, isn’t it?

So what do you need to prepare?

• Fabric cutting scissors

• Fabric chalk or fabric marker

• Hand sewing needle or sewing machine, clothes pins Ironing board

• Attachments: personalized ironing patches or beads and rhinestones.

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Please follow the steps below to fix a long skirt

Cut and fix, sew directly on the edge of the skir

1. Wear the dress directly or pre-measure the distance you plan to cut with fabric chalk or a pen.

2. Spread the dress out on a table or flat surface and secure it with clothes pins

3. From the marked position, cut a straight line along the marked position (cut evenly).

4. Fold the edge of the skirt to the inside about more than 1cm and secure with a pin

5. Use a sewing needle or sewing machine to sew the fixed edge of the skirt

6. Use thread color that matches the fabric color to make the seam more beautiful Iron the edge of the skirt or use a heavy flat object to press it down to make the skirt look flatter!

Use fabric tape

If you can’t sew by hand or don’t have a sewing machine, don’t worry.

Prepare a piece of fabric tape, scissors and an iron.

This way to fix a long skirt is simpler than the above method in that it does not need to be direct, do it as follows:

1. Wear a skirt or pre-measure the distance you plan to cut with fabric chalk
2. Mark again with chalk.
3. Spread the skirt on the table and secure it with clothes pins and fold the edge of the skirt to the inside about 1-2cm
4. Cut fabric tape along the length of the skirt edge and place the tape in the center of the skirt fold
5. Use an iron to flatten the iron and the heat will cause the glue to melt and tightly adhere the edge of the skirt and the inside of the fabric.

Be careful when using the iron because the iron temperature is very high!

More ways to fix long skirts without sewing

If you want to fix it but don’t have sewing “skills”, please do it this way! 

Applies to jean skirts and rough skirts with 100% success.

As for other types of dress materials, you should consider them Just need 1 pair of scissors and tweezers

Add accessories like fabric stickers or rhinestones, and you’re done!

1. Wear a dress or pre-measure the cut that you have planned with fabric chalk

2. Then mark again with chalk.

3. Spread the skirt on the table and secure it with clothes pins and cut straight along the marked line

4. Use tweezers to gently pull the hem of the skirt so that the threads are at the top of the skirt edge.

5. Please be patient in this step

You can decorate with stickers or add stones to make the dress look more personal

Suggest more office skirt models for ladies

These include skirt types such as: A-line skirt, midi skirt or pencil skirt

Ladies should choose skirts of the same color for easy editing!

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