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I recycled a flannel shirt from the attic into 2 pieces that can be worn together as a ‘strapless dress’ or.. (because i liked the skirt too much by itself) just the skirt! Hence the long and cumbersome creation name! I didn’t use a pattern. The skirt front is made entirely out of the sleeves of the shirt, the skirt back is made of the back of the shirt. The dress-top is made of the front of the flannel shirt.
For the skirt, I used the existing cuffs and buttons to create the front plaits and convenient pockets. The two buttons in the front are also the closure. On the top, I worked the collar into the bust and the buttons from the lower half of the shirt worked as closure in the back.
I used pretty much all of the shirt in these two creations and it was my first time using my duct-tape dress form! Great fun! :] Hope you like it!
Edit: i hope the new pictures are a step up from my first blurry ones
Material Notes
flannel shirt,
duct tape
Difficulty
Novice
Categories
Credits
my mother for taking the photos and for wrapping me in duct tape :]
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Jan 2, 2011, 11.17 PMby madebymeg
very creative!
Nov 8, 2008, 02.38 PMby sophie007
Congratulations! i voted for you.. i hope the how to for this its up soon in the page, keep up the good ideas
Oct 27, 2008, 11.32 PMby senasews
You really made the best from this shirt. Awesome changes! Just WOW!
Oct 27, 2008, 09.20 AMby smvphotography
very cool! love the detail up top!
Oct 27, 2008, 06.13 AMby anajan
Wow, such a clever alteration. I especially like how you used sleeve slits to create pockets, and the way you used collar for front trim. Really lovely outfit.
Oct 27, 2008, 04.07 AMby polychromatin
Great! I like the idea of a two-piece-garment. It looks lovely on you and you did a great job recycling that mens shirt :)
Oct 27, 2008, 01.28 AMby susisonne
What a great idea, your Recycled Flannel Shirt-Dress/Skirt looks great and suits you very well! I especially like the detail how you made the collar into the bust part.