My First Project

This week I decided to work on an idea I was inspired by at the Crescent Hill 4th of July Festival.  The concept is to take a man's button up shirt and convert it to a toddler dress.

Price breakdown:

$2.99 Pattern
$3.00 Shirt from Margaret's Consignment
thread                   
$5.99 

• First, I took out my seam ripper and took off the long sleeves.
• Then, I used Simplicity Pattern 4927 to make a simple A line toddler dress

• I changed the back of the shirt to be the front of the dress so the cute pleats would show.

• I made the buttons (front of the men's shirt) into the back of the dress by sewing the buttons closed.

• I used my seam ripper to take the pocket off.  I reattached it to the middle of the dress and sewed down the middle of the pocket to create a double pocket.

• I am not super experienced yet, but I did sew around the collar and arm cuffs to complete them.  The pattern said you could use ribbon around the arm cuff to cover the raw edge, but I liked how simple this dress was.

 Enjoy!