last night I was surfing around for some inspiration, and waiting for DGD to go to sleep, when i came across a tutorial for making a dress out of a mans shirt. Alas I cannot seem to find who it was I got it from. Anyway, feeling inspired I grabbed one of my BF's boring short sleeved shirt that he was intending to throw out, and with a piece of plain woven fabric, that I have had lurking for ever and a day, I came up with my version of her dress.
Not the best pictures in the world, but done via the mirror the best I could do. It does actually look more reasonable in real life. THe armholes were not quiet right, and if I was to do the same again, I would make a self facing rather then using bias binding. Or make my own binding out of the same or contrasting fabric. But for a few hours of fun, and an old shirt. Not so bad.
That is brilliant. I will look at shirts from a different viewpoint from now on. You will have to get some more shirts off your bf!!
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I've just started sewing since digging out my nan's old machine and I'm on the lookout for inspiration; love your shirt-dress and also the bags and purses in your previous posts.
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Gosh, thanks, I have only just managed to find the comments. Thanks for the vote of confidence. I will hop over and take a look at yours.
ReplyDeleteI find that when i get started I just dont want to stop. alas my health doesnt allow me to be sewing for as long as I want.