Saturday, October 06, 2012

Taking It In, Part II: Button It

In my next button-up shirt alteration experiment, I turned this big, blue, button-up blouse into a top-notch top!

Button-Back Blouse Refashion - Before
Do you find it as difficult as I do to not make dumb faces in your before pics?

I saw a top recently on Pinterest that looked like a men's dress shirt that had been buttoned up the back to make it fit a woman. This clearly wasn't a DIY though since the pin linked back to Banana Republic's site (though the top in question was no longer in the catalog apparently). I thought I could recreate this with one of my old too-large shirts. I added buttons along one of the darts in the back and button loops to the other dart. I also shortened the sleeves. Now my shirt fits much better and has an interesting design element on the back.

Button-Back Blouse Refashion - AfterButton-Back Blouse Refashion - After

Check out my blog, CarissaKnits, for more details. And I'll be back soon with my next experimentation in alteration.

3 comments:

Nettie said...

This rocks so much!!! I've pinned the very top your talking about! I love your interpretation.

LOSTRETROMELBOURNE said...

Wow what a difference. It looks really cool. Kind of like a modern take on a corset.

Refashion said...

I like the corset-like look of the back of the shirt now - looks fab.
Debbie EOD