Flannel meets frills

Good early afternoon! Another fun salvage of an "unwearable" top :-D
So I found this button down flannel top at the thrift store...

Not bad, a little boxy, but otherwise in great shape...except, it was missing a little something...

Or, a big something, a large chunk out of the back! I knew this when I bought it, but I immediately had a vision and had to bring it home :)

So, I cut a section of muslin to fill in the hole, and using the same muslin and some lace, made lots of ruffles...and voila!

I left all of the ruffle edges raw so that it would have a kind of rustic feel to go with the flannel of it all ;) While I was at it, I also created 2 darts on the back to give the shirt a bit more shape, and took in the sides and arms to fit a little more closely to the body. Threw a little lace onto the top edge of the front pocket to tie it all in!

So, thoughts? I have some tweaking of the shape to do as it is a bit snug at the hips (I'll simply create two slits with rounded hems). And the arms still need to come in just a tad more. Overall I'm pretty pleased that my vision for this incomplete shirt actually turned out! Hope you enjoy and can see the possibilities in those damaged or mangled goods that get donated to the thrift stores! Peace

Andrea
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