How to Get a Wrap to Attach to a Dress

Add a Wrap to a Dress

The appropriate wrap with a dress depends on the style, season and type of coverage needed. A wrap can be temporarily or permanently fixed to the dress somewhere in the back or at the center front where the ends of the scarf or shawl meet. A wrap, such as a shrug or capelet, may also be constructed to match a dress and to appear to be part of the dress.

Things You'll Need

• Dress
• Scarf
• Shawl
• Capelet
• Shrug jacket or sweater
• Thread to match dress fabric or wrap
• Hand sewing needle
• Button
• Sewing machine

Instructions

From the Simplest to the Most Complex

1. Create or buy a scarf. The scarf wrap is probably the easiest kind of wrap to find, the easiest to make, and the least expensive depending on the kind of fabric chosen. Whether the dress is a daytime cotton or a special occasion silk brocade gown, a straight length of coordinating fabric can be attached with a few stitches or a button and machine-made buttonhole at the back neckline, under the collar, or at the top of the back zipper of the dress. The ends of such a scarf may be wrapped around the wearer's body at the shoulders or around the neck. It will provide little or no coverage for the arms.

2. Purchase or make a shawl. A triangular piece of fabric, woven, knitted or crocheted, is a shawl. It may be attached at the back of the neck of a dress with a few stitches or a button and buttonhole. A shawl might also be anchored in place with a brooch or decorative pin at the point where the sides of the shawl meet. A shawl wraps the wearer from the neck to the elbows or more but has no sleeves.

3. Choose a brief sweater variation or cape. Shrugs, waist length jackets or sweaters with sleeves, are a simple solution to covering the shoulders and tops of the arms. A shrug may be made of fabric that matches the dress and often appears to be part of the dress, so it might logically be attached at the shoulders. A capelet, a very short cape, may also be attached at the shoulders or neck of a dress so that it swings freely but does not slide off.

Tips & Warnings

• Attaching a wrap to a dress permanently will probably require installation of a button and buttonhole. A temporary attachment may be made with a few stitches sewn by hand.

References

• Women's Scarves & Wraps
• All Categories : Clothing & Accessories : shawl womens wrap
• Shop All Capelets, Wraps etc.