Hello Readers. I have had this XL men's shirt for a while. I liked the seersucker fabric and wanted to use if for a summer top. You can see here what I did to make a top for myself.
Before and after.
My son told me it looked like I was wearing someone's grandpas's clothes. He wasn't wrong. I liked the fabrics and was determined to make something new from the materials
I used this shirt as a pattern to cut out a new shirt. I cut it at the bottom so the hem of the blue shirt could be the hem of my new shirt.
I used my seam ripper to remove the front pockets.
I used my serger to sew the sides and shoulder seams together.
I cut the sleeves off what was left of the shirt. I also cut the sleeves down in size and length.
I sewed the sleeves in with my serger.
The new sleeves look different. I wanted small cap sleeves. I thought that would look more feminine and like this was my shirt and not grandpa's.
I cut the pants down as well. I cut the pockets out of the way and cut the sides of the pants to make them more narrow. I cut the length so that I would have shorts instead of pants.
Now I has a new summer top and shorts.
This was a great outfit for a day at the beach. (And some ice cream.) Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.
