Shirt to Funky Skirt Refashion

I have a couple similar, fun shirt to funky skirt refashions to share with you.

This one is my first and most favorite skirt to shirt refashion.  I forgot to take a photo of the shirts before I cut them up.  Actually, this skirt is made from an old pair of sweat pants (yellow), an orange jersey t-shirt, and the Pure California Sol shirt in brown.

I used the top band from the sweat pants for the waist band.  I had to use a lot of small scrap pieces of the shorts sewn together to make the "hem" across the bottom.  Since it was sweat pant material, I did not have to actually hem or finish the edge.  

My process for both shirts was to just lay the pieces onto the dress form and start cutting and pinning.  I cut out the main print, which in this case was the sol, from the front of the shirt.  I try to cut as large a piece as I can without including any of the seams or neckline.  I work around that piece, cutting and pinning pieces from the other shirt I have to eventually form the patchwork skirt you see below.

To see my original blog post, click here.

More recently a friend of mine gave me this cool Vans shirt.  He also gave me another one just like it in black and gold.  Of course, I forgot to take a picture of it before I cut it up, but you get the idea.

I had to use another black shirt to complete this skirt.  I basically used the same method as the previous skirt.  I wanted the design on the front of the shirt to be on the side this time and the print on the sleeve to be on the back.  Here is what I came up with and here is a link to my original post - here.

Here is a closer shot to see the rawness of the edges.  I quite like it.  This one I wear to the beach mostly, but the orange and yellow one I wear casual.  

This is a super fun way to refashion your shirts into something trendy, unique, and fun!  It's perfect for someone like me who gets very sentimental about silly things like clothes ... especially t-shirts, for some reason.  

Next time I do a t-shirt refashion like this I promise to take pictures and do my best to add somewhat of a tutorial on the process, although mostly you have to wing it and design it around where you place the main print on the shirt.  

I hope you like it!  Thanks for letting me share!