what a great weekend, i went & bought some fabric & various coloured zippers, different size elastic & lining for all those random sewing creations that i never seem to be able to complete as i don't have the bits & bobs to complete them. so, armed with my 'stuff' my first project was to transform this shirt (i'd already trimmed the sleeves before taking the pic):
into a dress. i completely forgot to document the process with the camera but i'll give you an overview of what i did.- unpicked each sleeve from the shirt
- trimmed the sleeve to desired length
- as the shirt was a little big i brought in each of the sides (only basting the left side as the zipper was going in there)
- tried the shirt on & marked where is sat about 1inch under my bust
- cut shirt to the marked length
- gather edge on each side of shirt where shirt will sit under the bust
- created the base of dress using another dress pattern i had as a guide, modifying to make the zipper on the side rather than the back (you could even use a thrifted to skirt to make the whole dress recycled)
- sewed dress bottom to the shirt top
- sewed in side zipper
- reattached sleeves
- finish all edges
this was the end product without hemmed sleeves mind you, it sits very fitted under the bust & my bottom part of dress has a very full skirt as i used a retro pattern as a guide:
here is a close up of the zipper so that you can see how it sits under the reattached sleeve. excuse all the random threads & non overlocked edges...i'm a very messy sewer that doesn't neaten anything up until right at the end.
so thats one shirt, that was supposed to end up as a bag that has now been transformed into a dress that i just love. i already have the shirt for the next one.
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