Travel Refashions #6

  Hello Readers. I am going on a trip to England and I decided to coordinate my travel wardrobe. I am packing all new refashion projects and I will be posting about my journey and my outfit of the day along the way. This post is about a men's shirt that I made into a fun peplum top. 

Before and after.

I look like a suburban dad at a BBQ.

 

 

I cut the length of the shirt. It was a little too long for me. 

 

I hemmed the shirt and added some narrow elastic around the waist.  This will pull the waist in and make that peplum shape. The bottom of the shirt will make a nice ruffle.
 

I used a seam ripper to open the sleeves. 

I put elastic in the sleeve cuff so it would make a puffed sleeve.

 

I tied a knot and tucked it back in the sleeve. I sewed the opening closed so it would stay together.

 

I cut the collar off and made a round neck. 

 

I used bias tape to make a casing and put elastic around the neck. I liked the new shape the top had. It will be great with jeans by itself or with a sweater if needed. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.
 

***Follow up review***

My trip was so much fun.- This was casual but not boring or frumpy. Perfect vacation wear.

***Year End Update- I loved this shirt and wore it to work one day in the summer. A woman (Customer) stopped to tell me in detail how much she liked it. That sounds nice but then she started telling me how she lived in Germany and how Hitler was so charismatic and that I should listen to how he spoke and I would hear it in his voice. It was super weird and creepy so I got the heck out of there as fast as I could. People are weird, I can't explain it. I haven't worn it since.