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Men’s Shirt Re-Fashion

Hi!  Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl here!!  I have been loving the book, Never Been Stitched (and so has my 14-year old daughter….she’s upstairs
making a family of octopus out of jersey knit and Styrofoam balls!)

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This inspiring book has so many fun and quick projects to make with fabric.  One of the projects featured in the book is a tutorial for making a girl’s skirt from a man’s button front shirt.  This project just screamed my name.  Unfortunately, hubby had recently gone through his shirts to weed out the old ones.  So, a quick trip to the thrift store did the trick.  I am totally into navy blue and green this spring.  Since the skirt is made from a man’s shirt, I knew I wanted to make a coordinating shirt to pull the look together and make it a touch more girly.  I think it turned out super cute!

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My shirt was a men’s XL, and it made a perfect girl’s size 8 skirt.

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Of course, it would be easy to size it down, but there was not much extra if you are looking to make a larger skirt – I would buy a larger shirt 🙂  The only sewing is the top where the elastic casing is.  The pattern said to purchase a shirt with a straight hem, no curves.  It’s hard to find a shirt that doesn’t curve on the bottom, I cut off the curves and sewed a straight hem in the bottom – Therm O Web Hem tape would work fabulously too!!

 

 

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To make the shirt, you can download my whale drawing here.  Print the whale out on one of these EZ print Heat n Bond® Lite sheets.

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Roughly cut around the whale and the heart.  Iron it to the wrong side of the extra shirt material (sleeve).  I made the heart out of a scrap of navy blue dot fabric. Cut both images on the pattern line and peel off the backing.  Place as desired on the shirt and press into place, heat-setting the adhesive.  Sew an outline stitch around the appliqué pieces and hand sew a button eye onto the whale.  The whole project took less than an hour!

 


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3 Comments on Men’s Shirt Re-Fashion with EZ Print Sheets

  1. Belinda K-N
    May 20, 2014 at 10:00 am (11 years ago)

    All the book projects shown look fun and creative…I really like the owl!

  2. LeAnne
    May 20, 2014 at 6:40 pm (11 years ago)

    I love the skirt from a shirt as well as that cute wreath! Thanks for the chance to win!

  3. florence
    May 22, 2014 at 6:32 am (11 years ago)

    I like the pencils case … thanks for the chance !