I bought a new PINK robe with a zipper front for my surgery date and decided I needed to shorten the arms... I always have THAT problem! Almost every sleeved garment I own has to be shortened! Yet. I'm 5.5 1/2 not really short.
Anyway....I didn't like the "plain" look and so got out my Fat Quarters
NO not a body part!( we went over this before..REMEMBER!)
....and found just the piece of fabric! Cut it the width I wanted, turned the sides in one quarter inch and pressed and sew.
VOILA...a personalized Robe.
I didn't want to touch this fabric until I was satisfied that I could enjoy it to the fullest. I think it is soo PRETTY. I had not really planned on a PINK robe, but this one fit the best...and since it is for Breast Cancer..why not! It actually has a PINK RIBBON on the zipper pull.
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
My husband actually told me...
WOW..looks like a much more expensive robe now!~whew~ I was glad. I thought he might say...
mmm? Looks like you added fabric!
Okay now here is where I also found a solution to a problem I was going to face with my surgery site. Clothing rubbing the area of incision. I needed a piece of silk, which I did not have and not enough time to go shopping for it...
Just so happens...this robe has SILK lining in the pockets, around the neck trim AND at the end of the sleeves! YEP...that need to be shortened! I loved it!
Here is the SILK piece cut off at the sleeve...
...the perfect measurements I needed for the sleeve length I wanted. I Zig-Zag stitched the edges and it has worked PERFECTLY. By the way...the robe is from Walmart and is super SOFT! It FEELS like an expensive Designer Robe!
Amazing what a little piece of PRETTY FABRIC can do!
Check your Fat Quarter Stash...you might just have some Designer Clothing in there!
Blessings..
HOPE
6 comments:
How pretty! It does look like a designer robe! You just might pick up some business from the nurses - adding embellishments to robes to make them look/fit better.
I'm 5'4" and I always have the same problem of sleeves being too long. Wonder why?
You are so talented. I love what you did with the robe!!!
Very pretty! Thanks for sharing with us.
Beautiful my friend!!!! You are so talented. You are going to be a vision in pink. I am keeping you in my prayers. God is faithful my friend.
Bren
You're so creative ~ the sleeves are much prettier and the extra satin material was *just what you needed!*
I've had that problem since grade 7 when I stopped growing at just a tad over 5 feet ...
Very pretty, HOPE. I am 5'3...is that short? I mean, my feet DO touch the ground...
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