Izod Jeans floral shirt
At the yard sale, I bought a great man’s shirt for only 25 cents. As soon as I saw all the shirts on the rack, I thought back to some recent shirt refashions I had seen on the internet. Could I make an adorable retro shirt from this instead of having to create one from scratch or another untried pattern? Hmmm…
It’s not long enough to make a dress so I want a shirt/tunic with probably an empire waist and tiny gathered sleeves; taking a cue from the fabric and making it very feminine.
These are the projects and tutorials that I’m looking at as research:
Clevergirl's shirtdress from one shirt
Clevergirl's shirtdress from two shirts
An empire-waist idea on whip up
Man’s shirt into woman's skirt at Label-Free
Then here are a few tutorials for adapting the sleeves or collars of any refashioned garment:
Flour pleated collar tutorial on Sew, Mama Sew!
If you see any more tutorials, please let me know. However, don't expect to see a finished shirt project anytime soon as the temperature here has dropped drastically and I'm now all about corduroy and flannel!
Image: clevergirl.org
I was very inspired by this one, although I never used her strategy myself -- I think she just took in the side seams, with no darts. She kind of mentions that she had to add some fabric back, and it takes on the look of princess seaming, but the point is that the end product looks great! http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=101404.0
ReplyDeleteOne more that I just found: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=103600.0.
Can't wait to see how yours turns out! I have a stack of thrift store mens shirts to work on and I need more inspiration! :)