My husband always teases me (or gets secretly angry at me) for having too many clothes. And you know what's funny... I'm not even a huge clothes person! I wear sweats and t-shirts and gym shoes to work! But the majority of my clothes ARE hand-me-downs... and I don't mind one bit. I get some very awesome, name brand, high quality clothes that I would otherwise never-in-a-million-years buy.
Sooo, my husband stays on top of the fact that my drawers and closets are often overflowing. Since we've moved to my parents (not for much longer!) I've been wearing the same few outfits over and over. So much stuff is packed away and there's a huge bag of stuff to go to Goodwill.
But when I found this tutorial (via Messy Mommy's blog), I immediately thought.... "Hey! I'm sure I could find a shirt to use!) And lo and behold... I did!
(If you're too chicken to look because you don't think you're crafty enough, the tutorial takes you through step-by-step how to make a dress from a man's dress shirt... don't be scared! Trust me... if I can do it, you can too!)
For mine, I actually used a women's Limited shirt and it worked out pretty good. Had to make a few modifications, but I'm TINKLED PINK with how it turned out!!
FRONT of the dress is actually the back of the shirt. Can you see the taper on the bottom? That's how you can tell it's a women's shirt.
I got a little gutsy on this part. Mostly because I didn't trust my cutting and sewing skills to make a super straight edge. So i figured my adding a ribbon, it would help offset any imperfections. (I'm not a professional, remember?)
And my beautiful model!!
TODDLER DRESS FROM AN OLD T-SHIRT
The tutorial
LEVEL: EASY/MEDIUM - While the making of the dress is not hard, it does take some time. Basic sewing machine skills needed.
HOURS TO MAKE: 5 (Mind you, the project took ME 5 hours. I'm sure you could all do it a little faster than I.
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I'm laughing because when I saw the pictures of the finished dress, I thought, "Wow, that Julia must be really tiny." D'oh! I finally scrolled down and saw it modeled. Such a great idea... turned out very cute!
Oh heavens, that's adorable!!
I want my daughter to be 5 again now.
-Lori @ In Pursuit of Martha Points
How cool!! That looks so cute and super fun!! Great job!
amber :)
That is so very cute!!
very cute!
so awesome......makes me want a girl!!!
Julia that is so stinkin' cute! I love your model even more:) And yes one day we will have to meet in Indy!! Can't wait;)
That's cute! I also saw this tutorial for a man's shirt on another blog I follow. You might want to check it out.
http://sewingforscarlett.blogspot.com/2010/07/shirt-to-skirt.html
Very cute!
Wow!! Way to go. It turned out awesome.
Ahhhh...perfection. The dress is pretty cute too. :)
The dress is very cute.
That is so cute! My daughter is almost 7 so I think using my husband's old shirts would work perfect. (he is a big boy, shhhh) I can't wait to try this!
It is so adorable dress that you have made over here and the horizontal lines are adding more beauty to it.
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This idea is so fabulous! I love it. You will be tickled pink with it tomorrow!
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