A Simple Way To Keep That Dress On Your Shoulder!

          

This tutorial is about a simple add-on that helps you if you are bothered by
straps showing on your shoulder.

You will need a scrap of cloth, thread, 2 snap fasteners, you can
                                                        completely do it by hand or help yourself with the sewing machine. From the piece of cloth cut 2 rectangles
3/5 cm each.

One way to go about it: fold in two along the long edge each piece, wrong
side out. Stitch at 1/2 cm from the edge, then cut the corners close to
the stitch. Turn it inside out using a safety pin - right side is now on
the outside - then iron so that the stitch gets pressed on the edge.

At both ends pull inside 0.5 cm and stitch. I prefer to do that by hand. Iron again.

Stitch a snap fastener element at the end of each strip. The
other end of the strip should be fixed on the shoulder line on the inside of
your garment, close to the edge, preferably onto the seam allowance so
that the threads don't show on the outside.

Stitch the other element of the snap fastener onto the garment, to the inner seam allowance, on the shoulder line.

This is certainly not a discovery I made - some of you might have done this already! It’s an option I noticed on the short blouses worn
with a sari by Indian women, blouses which beautifully reveal a good
part of the shoulders. If you ever tried to fix the problem using 2
safety pins then you’ll surely appreciate the alternative! :))