A Most Excellent Diy Shirt Dress

Silky, comfy & oh-so-stylin!

Posted by Confessions of a Refashionista

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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 o’ stuff from my Great Uncle’s wardrobe.

Here’s how to create your own in a flash:

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You Will Need (2 things)

  • large Button Up Shirt
  • Sewing Gear

Steps (10 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    Grab a waaaaaay to big for you shirt

  2. 2

    heck out that amazing paisley…Great Uncle was a stylish dude in the 80′s!

  3. 3

    slice off the sleeves

  4. 4

    snag a shirt with your ideal armhole size & use it as a template to mark & shrink the massive sleeve holes

  5. 5

    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

  6. 6

    decide how long you’d like the sleeves to be & slice ‘em to size

  7. 7

    pop them into your now-shrunk armholes with right sides facing & raw edges lined up

  8. 8

    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

  9. 9

    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

  10. 10

    pop it on and enjoy!