The first challenge of
Refashion Runway was so much fun, and I was so inspired by all the plaid outfits! (Voting is open until Friday, September 27 - don't miss your chance!) In fact, now that I'm conscious of this trend, I've been noticing more and more people wearing plaid in my day-to-day. So I decided to do another quick plaid remake from another one of my husband's never-worn shirts. When I first pulled this guy out, I hated it. It was the ugliest plaid I'd ever seen. Then, when I opened up my sewing closet a couple days later and saw it hanging there, it had magically grown on me. I'm not sure how this happened, but seemingly out of nowhere, I really liked it! Weird, huh?
So I remove the pocket and sleeves, leaving the yoke intact. I cut my new silhouette and seamed my sides. I cut my new sleeves from the old sleeves, keeping the cuff and making them 3/4 length instead. And I made the pocket smaller and reattached it.
I also moved two of the cuff buttons to keep the sleeve slits from gaping. And I put a few little pleats at the top of each sleeve to absorb some extra fabric, and to give a bit of a feminine touch.
9 comments:
WOW!!! great refashion
So, do you actually sleep or do you have some sort of trick to squeezing in so many refashions these days?!?
;-)
IWOM: EOD
I've been told I have an obsessive personality. Also, no kids. They're a total time suck. :)
Nice. Love the colours in the check. Simple and comfortable look. Thanks for posting and feel free to drop by me too anytime.
I'm in the process of refashioning one of my husband's old plaid shirts too! I love your refashion -- gives me some inspiration. Thanks so much!
Mystery solved!
IWOM (CF and proud!)
Great job. I think the shirt grew on me too as I saw the refashion unfold!
Amy Jo
I love seeing what you do with the old shirts! Very creative.
- Elizabeth
aka The Hungry Octopus
It looks very "you"! I like this a lot! I love plaid tho.... :P
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