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!

Sew Country Chick

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