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Choking shapeless T-shirt fix !
This shirt looked too much like a mans shirt - and I felt like I was being slowly strangled while wearing it - but it's nice and comfortable everywhere else, so I made it more "womanly"

Posted by Melva from Perth, Western Australia, Australia • Published 28th December 2009 • See Melva's 12 projects »

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Step 1
Start with your t-shirt (I got this one ages ago at a secondhand shop for a couple of dollars) and work out where you want your neck line to be. I put mine on and used a fabric marker in front of a mirror to eyeball it
Step 2
Using my Pinking Shears, I cut the neck out and I've chosen to alter the sleeves aswell, so off with them !
Step 3
I zigzag stitched around where I'd cut to give it a slightly scolloped and raw looking edge
Step 4
I then pinned elastic (I used 6mm Braided Elastic) around the arms and neck - again I eyeballed it to get a slightly ruffled look
Step 5
Ta Daa ! New look for my previously shapeless t-shirt

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Linda H. 31st August 2011

I love this. It completely changes the look of this shirt! ...so feminine.

ms. m. 24th February 2011

Fabulous-- I will be doing this =0)Thank you so much for the idea--

Sherry J. · Dallas, Texas, US 8th January 2010

So simple & smart it's great!

Melva · Perth, Western Australia, AU · 12 projects 29th December 2009

It should also state, that at Step 4 I sewed the elastic to the shirt using a straight stitch using my sewing machine. I completely forgot that bit o.O