Shirt Refashion

This is by far my favorite thing to do.  It costs nothing because its something I was probably going to throw away or in this case something my sister gave me and if I mess up its not like I bought the fabric.  :)  I would be lying if I said this project went fast.  Normally it would have but for some reason if it could go wrong, it did, but I love how the finish product turned out.

On that note,  I started with my sisters purple turtle neck:

Then I cut out my pattern pieces using the existing hem and arm sleeves.

Then lets skip to almost the end.  I just had to sew on the neckline with my twin needle.  

After trying it on Lexi I decided I didnt like the sleeves so I folded them up and stitched in the ditch.  I added a little flower to spice things up a bit.

 

Here is the finished shirt and I love the way it turned out.  Lexi is asleep right now so I will get some pictures of her in it later.  

We also just got back from Florida where we enjoyed 90 degree weather so it got me in the summer mode.  Yesterday I made the cutest tank top for Lexi so I will have to post about that tomorrow maybe Ill make another one.  I finally have some time to sew before my photo shoots get busy again.

Adult to Toddler shirt - Refashion

I have a tub full of my old shirts just sitting there waiting for me to make something out of them.  I decided to finally do something with them.  I dont make many things for Lexi for some reason.  I guess I just always make things for Taylor.  So I decided I would take one of my shirts and refashion it into a shirt for Lexi.  The best thing about this project is it didnt cost a thing.

Here is my shirt.

Now here it is on Lexi refashioned.

Please excuse the mismatch attire she wanted to wear her pajama pants. 

I used my twin needle on the neckline and cut the blue fabric from the yoke of the old shirt.  I used the existing sleeve because I loved the little puff sleeves.  The neck turned out a little big but it still looks great.  Im proud of it and I think ill start sewing for Lexi more often.