DIY: How To Remove Shoulder Pads
I recently bought a bargain coat that I love, but when I wore it I realised that the shoulders of the coat looked too big. Power shoulders don’t always work for me so I decided to remove the shoulder pads . Naturally, this all turned into a blog post.
What you need: Some cotton, a needle and a pair of scissors.
1: Turn sleeves inside out and find the sleeve with the stitching that is on the outside like the picture below.
2: Use your scissor to unpick the stitches that are on the outside in order to make a hole in the sleeve.
3: Pull the jacket through the hole you just made until you reach the shoulder pad.
4: Use your scissor to cut out shoulder pad and repeat step 3 and then cut out other shoulder pad.
5: Push shoulders of jacket back in and then use your needle and cotton to sew hole closed.
That easy!
Admittedly my before and after picture doesn’t show much difference but I can definitely feel the difference. I’m much more comfortable when I wear the jacket now.
That’s very clever Anthea!!!
You’re a genius!! Definitely comes in handy when you wanna make something vintage look new!
cool! now i need to haul out some of my moms old eighties blazers!
Thats super cool..
Definitely sending this page to my bestie.. she always complains about her pads
lee x
This is awesome hun! Happy Monday xx
thank you anthea.
Hi anthea. Just ran into your post. you are amazing. Those are some really cool things. Im surely going to try them.
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I’d love to hear suggestions from you!
Sanaya