Ways to decorate your dress yourself. How to decorate dresses with rhinestones
Stylish and correct alteration of a dress -creative process. Alteration or decoration of things, giving them new life, is called “costomizing”. Let's look at several options for decorating a dress.
The most popular way to decorate a dress- lace. You can find it on any clothing models. To decorate a dress, you just need to buy ready-made lace on bobbins, which is available in all sewing stores. You only need to decide on the color and pattern of the lace, and, of course, calculate the footage. You can draw a preliminary sketch of the desired decor, then it will be easier for you to choose the lace.
Painting on fabric.To do this, you need to buy special fabric paints and choose a pattern. But you will need at least basic artistic skills, or use a stencil if the pattern is simple. Fabric paints dry for several hours, and after that, such a dress can be washed in a machine or by hand at low temperatures. The sketch can be drawn with chalk or ordinary sharpened soap, and then paint on it with paints.
Decorate with zippers. You can place zippers on the sleeves, on the back or on the sides. There are special decorative zippers that are glued with an iron.
We decorate the dress with beads and ribbons.This option always looks elegant and festive. Don't forget about embroidery. If you are skilled in this type of needlework, then be sure to take advantage of it and embroider beautiful motifs and patterns on the dress.
Decorate with rhinestones.Rhinestones can be used to decorate any dress, from wedding dresses to evening dresses. They will always look flawless and bright. For this method, you don’t even need to know how to sew – just glue rhinestones and stones to the fabric with a hot iron. Be careful when working with the iron so as not to ruin the fabric. In order for the rhinestones to stick, it is enough to hold the iron on them for just a couple of seconds. You can buy a ready-made rhinestone applique, and you don’t need to come up with the motifs of the pattern. The variety of motifs with butterflies, flowers, runs and other drawings will not leave you indifferent.
You can create a pattern for individual rhinestonesstarry sky or snowflakes. Graphic lines and fantasy curls will look perfect on the dress. Rhinestones can be colorless and multi-colored, glue is applied to one side.
This dress can be washed without any fear, but keep in mindin mind that the pattern can no longer be altered. By the way, you can decorate your image not only by altering the dress, but also by adding an accessory to it, for example, an elegant scarf or shawl knitted or crocheted with your own hands.




