My first upcycled project

I finally did an UPcycled project of my own!  I converted a small t-shirt of mine into a new dress for R.

I pretty much winged it.  Which was fun, and I think good for me to do in terms of learning different things about what works and what doesn’t.

So I started out with my shirt and some elastic I bought off of Pick your plum (fun stuff!)

Checked to see how much I needed to take in the shirt to make it fit my SKINNY MINNY

And I went for it!  Cut, cut cut!

This is what I was left with.  I wanted to keep the sleeve attachments intact so that it would make it easier to complete =)

Since I recently explored how to shir, figured I’d tighten up the sleeves and neck with elastic thread.  Quick and easy.

Then just added some elastic as an empire waist to cinch it up.

And used the beautiful serger to do a rolled hem along the bottom with a tight tension to make cute little ruffles.

And then used an old white t-shirt to make flowers!

I think R liked it!

Only thing I’m not a huge fan of is that you can see the seam on the inside of the collar.