I’ve been hankering to create a lurvly loose shirt dress for a while but could never find the right refashioning victim – until I inherited a bunch of stuff from my Great Uncle’s wardrobe:
Silky, comfy & oh-so-stylin!
Here’s how to create A Most Excellent DIY Shirt Dress for yourself in a flash:
Grab a waaaaaay to big for you shirt.
Check out that amazing paisley! Great Uncle was a stylish dude in the 80’s!
Slice off the sleeves.
Snag a shirt with your ideal armhole size & use it as a template to mark & shrink the massive sleeve holes.
*that Hasty Blouse Fix top is one of my faves!
Stitch down from your mark gently angling towards the side seam until you reach the bottom hem, chop off the excess fabric & repeat on the other side.
Decide how long you’d like the sleeves to be & slice them to size.
Pop them into your now-shrunk armholes with right sides facing & raw edges lined up.
Stitch together.
*if (like me) you don’t have a fancyschmancy serger be sure to zigzag the edges of all of your new inside seams to prevent fraying
If you’re at all concerned about the possibility of visible undies due to bottom-of-the-shirt-dress-flappage be sure to stitch the open ends of dress together from the last button straight down to the hem.
Pop it on and enjoy!
