How to refashion a boxy vintage shirt

I thrifted an awesome 1970’s dude shirt, unfortunately it was super wide and super square:

Fortunately I was able to easily restyle it to fit perfectly:

Here’s how to refashion a boxy vintage shirt:

(this method also works great for over-sized tees & button- up shirts)

I grabbed that fabulously patterned shirt.

Flipped it inside otu and chopped off the sleeves leaving a few centimeters for seam allowance.

Folded the seam allowance to the inside of the sleeve opening & stitched together.

Snagged a loose fitting top & used it as a template to easily take in the sides of my almost done top.

et voila!

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