Improvised tshirt dress
Nov. 17th, 2009 11:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alias_sqbrNo pattern, no rulers, no pressing, I just chucked it together with chalk and pins from a mediums size women's sleeveless shirt and one of Cam's old 4XLish tshirts. Ideas taken from McCall's M5893.
First I pinned the top to get a rough idea of where to do some darts(*):
I did the same on the back. I then marked a neater more symmetrical version of the darts with chalk and pins and sewed them.
I cut the sleeves off the bottom shirt then pinned the sides together and cut straight across the top to get rid of the neckhole as high as possible. I made a smooth curved sideseam to sew up the hole left by the arms being cut out. No picture, but it doesn't sit right anyway.
I experimented with the waistline (note the chalklines on the image above) so that neither top nor bottom stretched over my tummy (which tends to stick out) then pinned the two together and sewed. By sheer chance the top and bottom were exactly the same width which made life easier!
Here's a sideview:
Not a perfect piece of clothing by any measure, but serviceable for summer and a useful easy learning experience.
(*)You may note that I forgot to turn the shirt inside out. There is an unpicking step missing from these intstructions :)
First I pinned the top to get a rough idea of where to do some darts(*):
I did the same on the back. I then marked a neater more symmetrical version of the darts with chalk and pins and sewed them.
I cut the sleeves off the bottom shirt then pinned the sides together and cut straight across the top to get rid of the neckhole as high as possible. I made a smooth curved sideseam to sew up the hole left by the arms being cut out. No picture, but it doesn't sit right anyway.
I experimented with the waistline (note the chalklines on the image above) so that neither top nor bottom stretched over my tummy (which tends to stick out) then pinned the two together and sewed. By sheer chance the top and bottom were exactly the same width which made life easier!
Here's a sideview:
Not a perfect piece of clothing by any measure, but serviceable for summer and a useful easy learning experience.
(*)You may note that I forgot to turn the shirt inside out. There is an unpicking step missing from these intstructions :)
