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For my second blog I decided to do a D.I.Y. or a Do It Yourself! Project tutorial :)
So this will be about how to turn your dad’s old baggy work shirt into something new and cute to wear!
This was my first time doing this project, inspired by the kpop group Hello Venus’ member Yooyoung!
Unfortunately, most work shirts probably wont have enough fabric to get that “flow-y” effect that you see in this image (unless you found like XXXXXL or something haha) so, this project is kind of like… my take on the style I suppose.
I think it came out nicely :D In fact, I’m actually really proud XD;; Nothing I ever make comes out to be wearable so… :’D hehehe
Anyways.. Here is what you will need!
- Work Shirt (Largest Size Possible)
- Thread
- Pins
- Scissors
- Pencil/Chalk
- Sewing Machine
- Measuring tape
- Straight edge/Ruler
- Iron & Ironing Board
★ 1st Step ★
Find yourself an old work shirt or blouse with a collar (preferably a larger size). :D If you can’t find one at home, there are always tons and tons of these shirts at your local thrift store for very cheap!
What we first want to do with this is cut off the sleeves (try to follow the stitched curve that would encircle your arm and armpit.)
★ 2nd Step ★
In a lot of these steps, I sort of “eye ball” all the measurements and such and continue to try on the shirt haha! So my second step is to try on the shirt and with a pencil, mark the circumference of your shoulder/arm both sides as a guide to where we’re going to cut.
When you take off the shirt, be sure to check your markings and make sure where you curves end are even!
★ 3rd Step ★
Cut out your curve to refine this sleeveless look, but be sure to leave some space between where you are cutting and where you marked out your path with your pencil/chalk.
Then you might want to try it on again and pin the ends of the your arm holes where they will meet under your armpit, to make sure that you are comfortable and the hole isn’t too big or too small :)
★ 3rd Step ★
Now we want to cut from bottom up on both sides of your shirt like so:
And the Result should be this:
★ 4th Step ★Now we’re going to prepare the arm holes to be hemmed by turning your shirt inside out and folding the edges of your arm hole Twice over! You want the end of your hem too me your penciled in guide. Then, iron down the fold so that we create an easy to guide to sew over. :D
Careful not to burn your fingers ; A ; ! Slow and steady XD
Careful not to burn your fingers ; A ; ! Slow and steady XD
★ 5th Step ★And finally the actual sewing! You don’t need to hem the whole side, just the section that your arm will go through!
Next, Repeat step 4 & 5 for the other side!
★ 6th Step ★
So now, what we have so far is a dressy looking poncho of sorts hehe…
No worries, we’ll fix this :D but first we need to mark where we are going to sew next!
Pin together your flaps of fabric previously cut in step 3 where your (for lack for better words) armpit hemline is located so that we make sure the fabric is as aligned as we can get (don’t worry if it isn’t exact, mine wasn’t haha!) so this way it’s less likely for the fabric to move around when we start sewing a bit later :D
★ 7th Step ★
Taking a straight edge or ruler + Pencil, draw a diagonal line from the bottom of your sleeve hemline outwards to the bottom of your shirt.
We want our shirt to have a triangular shape :D
★ 8th Step ★
Sew along your guidelines. Be sure that your shirt is still inside out! So now the sides should look something like this:
(Pay no mind to my booboos TEEHEE! XD;;)
Cut off the left over fabric to keep it nice and neat!
And here is what it might look like thus faaaar!
★ 9th Step ★
As you can see, the shirt is looking pretty long haha. Which could work out if that’s what the style you want to go for hehe.
In this next step, we’re going to take up the length and give the end of our shirt a more feminine flare by cutting out some curves :D
So, how short you may want to go is up to you!
I decided that the shortest I’d cut would be 6 ½ inches up and the most I would cut would be 9 ¾
I decided that the shortest I’d cut would be 6 ½ inches up and the most I would cut would be 9 ¾
Turn the shirt inside out once more, measure your desired longest and shortest points, and then mark it!
Draw a curve from your shortest length to your longest in order to indicate where you will cut!
★ 10th Step ★
Cut, following guideline and leave about 1 cm or so for hemming/lining!
★ 11th Step ★
(Almost done everyone! Haha! XD;)
For the last few steps, you want to basically repeat steps 4 & 5 for the bottom of your shirt. Folding, Ironing, and sewing your hemline!
And Done!!
I hope you enjoyed my first D.I.Y. and will maybe give it a try :D Forgive my lack of illustrations for some of the steps XD; If I do another one in the future I’ll be sure to be a bit more consistent :)
Thank you for reading!
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