Friday, June 17, 2011

New (Old) Shirt for Mommy!

Some of you might remember (hopefully, because it was just four days ago) the dress I made for Grayson out of an old Men's dress shirt.


Well I decided I wanted one for me too! Since I didn't want a mini-dress I decided I would make a top, just in the same style as her little dress. I found a great Banana Republic shirt at the thrift store that looked brand new and had to have it! It was only $4!


I got my pattern all measured out and cut (which needed some serious adjustment later)

And I shredded the shirt into little pieces!!! Hahaha! Okay....it wasn't that dramatic, but I did cut off the sleeves and the collar.


An hour of sewing and lots of trying-on later....I had my shirt!!

I love how it turned out...and you can't beat it for only $4. Buying it from Goodwill, everybody wins!
I'm thinking about adding a flower like the one on Gray's dress. What doyou think?



I have found a new love for refashioning clothes. I can't wait until Hubby cleans out some of his older stuff to see what I can come up with.

And as an afterthought....I felt like I had seen this shirt before when I put it on. Then I got to thinking about WHERE I would have seen it before. I figured it out when I woke up this morning.

I used to own an almost identical shirt from American Eagle when I was in college!! I loved that shirt, which may have been what drew me to choose this one to make my new shirt! Something about a blue and white stripe just does it for me. In the picture with me is my Bestie/Maid of Honor/lil sister Morgan. We have changed a lot since Junior year! She lives entirely too far away from me and I miss her! Tear.

20 comments:

  1. Hi
    I'm a new follower from the you like me blog hop! I really like your blog! and I am loving the shirt you made for yourself and your little girl! Can't wait to see more!
    http://mommamadeit.blogspot.com

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  2. You are so talented!! I love your stuff!!

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  3. New follower from Friendly Friday.
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  4. Great tutorial, I am going to have to try this for my grandchildren. Thanks for following. I am now following back.
    http://grandmabonniescloset.blogspot.com/

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  5. Oh I love it! It's adorable! I found you at the Hop Along Friday Blog Hop and am glad I did, am a happy new follower :).

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  6. New follower(KPort207) from the Finding New Friends Blog Hop. If you haven't already, please check out my blog and follow if you'd like to.

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    Thanks :)

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  7. Cool. Our Girl Guide unit made dresses out of pillow cases for kids in Africa. Really cute and along the same lines as this.

    New follower from Stalk Hop Friday.

    http://callistasramblings.blogspot.com

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  8. Well, I'm impressed! I can sew a button on a shirt, and perhaps fix a rip or two...but I am no seamstress, that's for sure! You are talented!

    I'm a new follower via GFC - saw your link on the Stalk Hop Friday list!
    Katrina
    They All Call Me Mom

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  9. Love it! Great job! Love your shirt for your daughter too! Came here from Kojo!

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  10. Great job!! I am going to have to try this!! I am a new follower from the weekend blog hop. I am glad I found you! I will be checking back in often!!

    Kadie

    http://kadie-sevenalive.blogspot.com/

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  11. Great job on your sewing project, and adorable baby. Following from the blog hop. I would love it if you would follow Cedar Hill Ranch. http://cedarhillranch.blogspot.com/

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  12. Thanks so much for visiting my blog, following you back!!!

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  13. Cute blog, came by to return the love and follow back! Happy to be your newest follower :)

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  14. FABULOUS refashions! I have a linky page with 100+ clothes upcycling projects on my blog if you ever want to add any of your projects - it gets a lot of views - and has lots of other inspirational ideas too!

    Thanks for stopping by and following my blog - returning the favour and following you back now!

    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

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  15. You're so creative! I can sew but I have to have a pattern. :) I'm following back from the hop. Thanks for stopping by Pot of Gold Giveaways!

    Donna

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  16. That came out great! I've been thinking about turning some of the husbands old shirts into baby dresses, but I might save one for myself and try out something like this. It looks fantastic.

    New follower from Mom Blog Monday :)

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  17. What a great idea! It turned out so cute. I'm a new follower from the blog hop. - Amy

    http://motherhoodandmiscellany.blogspot.com

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  18. What a great idea!!!! Really, really, great and super creative!! You have such a fun, informative site here, I'm so glad I found you on VoiceBoks!!

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  19. I've made a dress for my daughter from a men's shirt & have thought about doing it for myself. Your's turned out so cute.

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