You don't have to be very far along in a pregnancy before your pre-maternity waist disappears. In the first and second trimesters I like to pretend that I still have a waist by wearing a belt above my belly. By the time the third trimester hits your rib cage has expanded , and the space between your belly and bust is practically non existent. It makes it rather uncomfortable to wear a belt, at least a traditional belt.
I was recently playing around with some of the stretch lace that I purchased for my
maternity bands. I found that I could cut one long strip, stitch the ends together, and create a rather comfortable maternity "belt". It could easily be dressed up with a ribbon or brooch of some sort, and I also think that it would be fun to layer a normal belt over the top of the lace layer (once my abdomen isn't being inhabited by a growing babe).
Anyway, it's just a silly little project that I thought I'd share. Have a great weekend!
7 comments:
Not a silly project! This is adorable! Wish I had this when I was pregnant with my first! I have a SIL who is pregnant who would love this! :)
I don't think it's silly at all! I want a bunch (and I'm not pregnant). :)
Great idea. I have several friends who are pregnant who would love to have a cute stretch belt to wear while their bellies expand.
I love it! I will probably wait until I have lost the post-baby gut to enact the cute belt thing, though :) It's cute to enhance a baby belly... no so cute to enhance the after-baby belly, you know?
I linked to this yesterday! I think it is so classy and beautiful! I'm about a zillion months pregnant myself, and I love the look where you create a waist above that belly! It would look great on any outfit though, really! So simple!
This is brilliant! Thanks for sharing.
I saw this when you first posted it and I thought it was adorable, and now that I'm now pregnant (12 weeks!) I bought some white and black stretch lace for both lace belts and maternity bands!
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