Refashion Fail Follow-Up

A few weeks ago, I called on all of you for your help to salvage this refashion oops. And boy, did you ever come through for me!

To recap, it began with this free shirt, complete with holes and bleach stains.

And ended with a pleated top that wouldn't stay pleated.

But I loved the buttons down the back!

I thought about just tacking down the inside of the pleat to be done with it, but Theresa had such a wonderful idea - pintucks! With the fabric's lack of drape, more structure was really what it needed.

So, after a few weeks in time out to think about what it had done, I retrieved the top from its cell (i.e., my closet) today. It expressed genuine remorse for its actions and promised to behave better this time, so we got right down to business.

I picked out the top and bottom hems, pressed out the pleat, and added lots of little pintucks instead. Then, of course, I rehemmed the top and bottom, and here's the finished product!

I couldn't be happier! Thank you all so much for your advice!
And as always, you can find more details and photos at CarissaKnits.