T-Shirt Dress Tutorial: Week Three Winner Project Recycled

Congratulation to Pam of Threading My Way for winning the T-Shirt Challenge.

I'm very pleased to be back again for Round Three, this week showing how I upcycled some old t-shirts into a little girl's top. I began with this pile of old t-shirts, but ended up not using the yellow t-shirt. All three garments I used had been women's t-shirts.

First up was to alter the neck line to suit a little girl.

Secondly, the t-shirt needed to be recut to a much smaller size. I used a child's t-shirt as a guide.

• Cut off the sleeves.
• Cut new armholes.
• Take width from the sides.
• Shorten the sleeves.
• Reattach the new sleeves.
• Finish the bottom of the sleeve with a band.

I used a pattern as a size guide for cutting the strips for the skirt.

• Join the eight strips to form the skirt.
• Hem.
• Gather the top of the skirt.
• Attach to the black t-shirt.

And to finish off, I used a black tie that was originally on the floral t-shirt.

• Make a fabric flower.
• Sew it to the black tie.
• Make tabs to hold the belt.

front view...

back view...

There you have it, three old t-shirts turned into a little girl's top, ready to be worn with a pair of black leggings...