Wedding DIY- Dress Fabric Cuff Links

Wedding DIY- Dress Fabric Cuff Links

Photo by Chang 2 Studios Let’s face it: All wedding dresses need at least some alteration — a few inches off the bottom, a few inches in the middle. Just don’t throw out that fabric. I had plenty of extra fabric from my dress (I bought a sample dress a few sizes too big and refused to wear heels) and I made a few crafts with them. One of which was cuff links for my husband-to-be.  I bought photo cuff links from Etsy for under $10. Then, I cut a small circle of the leftover fabric, slipped it into the…


Photo by Chang 2 Studios

Let’s face it: All wedding dresses need at least some alteration — a few inches off the bottom, a few inches in the middle. Just don’t throw out that fabric.

I had plenty of extra fabric from my dress (I bought a sample dress a few sizes too big and refused to wear heels) and I made a few crafts with them. One of which was cuff links for my husband-to-be. 

I bought photo cuff links from Etsy for under $10. Then, I cut a small circle of the leftover fabric, slipped it into the cuff link, and voila, custom cuff links. The wedding tie is pretty subtle here, so these could certainly be worn on other occasions.

Abby Callard was an assistant editor at Milwaukee Magazine from 2012-2014. Her journalistic pursuits have seen her covering the Hispanic community in mid-Missouri, politics in Washington, D.C., art and culture for Smithsonian magazine, the social enterprise space in India and health care in Chicago. Abby has a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.