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A while ago, I was inspired by this pin on pinterest of what looked like a men’s shirt, reworked to turn it into a racerback collared tank with ruffles down the back. I was never able to find the original source of the image or what the front of the shirt looked like, but I put it on my list as a thing to try out some day.
I thrifted a men’s shirt for $3 at goodwill and set to cutting it up. I cut the arms off first and then started pinning it on my dress form. I ended up taking in the front with darts, and cutting a large amount of fabric out of the center back of the shirt. Some dressform manipulation and a lot basting later, I came to this! The ruffles were made with pieces cut from the sleeves.
It’s still a little bit too big for me and I think I’ll have to take it in some more, but I was too eager to wait any longer to share :-)
Material Notes
men’s shirt
Difficulty
Intermediate
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Sep 12, 2012, 03.45 PMby libra-s
Great Job!!
Sep 12, 2012, 05.29 AMby Mary Athey
well this is one fab make over!! it looks so well done and you.d never know.it started life as a mans shirt. well done x
Sep 12, 2012, 04.00 AMby reliablechef
very nice! I have a whole stack of my husbands old shirts to redo and yours just got added to the list!
Sep 11, 2012, 11.43 PMby schnui
Julia, this is a wonderful re-fashion. You have done a great job and it looks great on you. I hope your summer lasts a bit longer so you can enjoy wearing this top more.