Simple Dress Alteration: Change the fit of your dress in under 10 minutes by shortening your should straps!

Do you have a dress that hangs too long for your liking? Here’s another alteration tip to save some of those clothes hanging around! I got this dress from Synergy Organic Clothing on final sale about a year ago and crossed my fingers it would fit well. I have worn it zero times, so I decided to alter it and finally get it closer to a fit I wanted by shortening the straps. Read below to learn how!

1. Get an idea of where you want to stitch your straps in order to raise the dress. I did this by pinching together the straps in different places to get an idea of where I needed to stitch to get the length I wanted, and then I just used a clothespin to mark that spot.

2. Flip the dress inside out

3. Sew horizontally across the straps to stitch them together and then cut off remaining straps that will no longer be part of the dress

4. For added security, you can add an extra stitch where the fabrics meet or, if you have a sewing machine, the machine’s stitches will be strong enough

5. Flip it right side out and enjoy!