Friday, June 08, 2012

French striped dress from a mens t shirt tutorial


It has been a little while since I have posted here at Refashion co-op and I am glad to be back!
I posted my French Mariniere Hand painted dress tutorial below on Monday and am now sharing it here too.
My tutorial  for the French Mariniere t- shirt dress.

This dress was a part of my signature look for the Project Run and play Flick pool:
This is a very simple dress to make. 

I have had a love affair for the Mariniere tee for years now and it seems I am not he only one. I have some good company!
Coco Chanel.


Pablo Picasso.


Bridgitte Bardot.

Are you convinced yet that this is a great look and that you need one too?
 Although the Mariniere is easy to find outside of France for adults, finding them for children is very difficult so I decided to make one for Gigi.
Here are the directions for the tutorial:
Materials needed:
An adult white t shirt from the hobby shop
marine blue fabric paint
a small paintbrush
wooden or sailor type anchor buttons
a sewing machine





























Bon Jour mes amis!


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9 comments:

Bat Ma'am said...

ADORABLE!!!!!!

Summer Cottage said...

Eine Superidee!

Liebe Grüße Andrea

Ernie's Mum said...

Love it! Thanks for sharing.

LOSTRETROMELBOURNE said...

Very cute. Love the hand painted treatment.

Sandy said...

this is such a good idea! Thanks for showing the tute on this blog.
Sandy in the UK

Nettie said...

This is so stinkin' cute!!!

Heather Elizabeth said...

Love it!

Refashion said...

That is darling!

-Natalli (EOD)

concretenprimroses said...

That is so charming. I want one too!
Kathy