2 Striped Shirts

 Hello Refashion Co-op. Summer is so hot and humid where I live. I thought these 2 matching shirts would make a great 2 piece set. 

Before and after.

I had a few mis-steps along the way but I made shorts to go with the shirt.

 

 

The outfit was light and great for the hot weather. For more details go to I Can Work With That. 

 

How to make a fitted blouse more fitted

I ran into this cute second hand blouse a while back, it's from the Danish brand Cream. I loved the three quarter sleeve, and also the print with silver and black branches and flowers. The blouse was fitted... but didn't fit me unfortunately. The size was right, but I needed about 3 inches / 7cm  more in the chest area. But there were 2 large darts in the front and 2 in the back. And were there are darts, there's extra fabric! I hoped that unpicking the darts would do the trick.

Sleeve cuff / unpicking darts

A quick fitting afterwards was a bit of a disappointment, the blouse still didn't fit. I needed more space, more fabric! So I decided to shorten the sleeves a bit and cut off a strip of fabric to create a gusset in the side seams, just under the armpit. 

I got company... Checking on me are you?

Above you see the extra fabric pinned in the side seam. Fortunately the extra fabric was enough for a fit! And as you can see, I couldn't have done it without the critical eye of Xommy (one of our 4 cats).

It's a fit!

I also decided to add some embroidery (I can't help it:)), mostly on the collar. You can see the details on my blog!

Thanks for reading along! For a detailed explanation of all the steps, you're welcome to visit vermaakster.blogspot.com. 

Happy summer!