How to sew a dress from a shirt

First of all, fasten shirt buttons and gently lay it on a large table or on the floor. Use the scissors safely and cut the shirt across at the underarms level. Thus hold the shirt so it does not shift, and the cutting line is smooth on both sides.

Now take the bottom part of the shirt, which is destined to become a future skirt of the dress. Fold and stitch the top edge so that it was possible to insert the elastic. Insert pieces of rubber bands (5-6cm) in the armpit on each side, make the Assembly and astrocyte gum in drawstring closure so that they could not budge.

From the sleeve of a shirt you get details for the bodice. To do this, cut the hose, cut it with a seam along the length and cut off the cuff, dragging a semi-circle with scissors. Cut the blank in half on the fold line of the former sleeves. You must have two parts, resembling a cone in shape.

On the narrow part of the cones make tuck until about the middle of the length of the parts, prostrochite them.

The edges of the parts of the bodice, tucked them twice in half a centimeter, and join the parts, slightly overlaying one on another. Now you can sew the bodice to the bottom of the dress. First keen of the workpiece for a fitting. And only then finally sew parts of the dress.

You only have to sew the straps from the remaining shirt fabric and pin them on the dress. To do this, cut long strips with a width of 2-3 cm and prostrochite them lengthwise, remove and iron with a hot iron. Giving the straps the desired length, sew them to the dress: one end – to the edge of the bodice, the other to the back of the dress. You can also make wider straps. As a variant – to put a halter behind the neck, sew the ends to the bodice.

Dress shirts ready. Optionally, you can decorate it with a bow, or a stylish flower applique.