Last Updated on July 12, 2024 by Team Ideas24
Now take your measuring tape and place it from the top left mark and line it up to the bottom corner of daddy’s shirts into a dress.
This way you can get as much natural gather as possible from the fabric when turning daddy’s shirts into a dress.
Draw a line down from one point to another, then do the same with the other side.
Next cut out the two sides.
Now repeat this step with the other three pieces and you will be ready to pin and sew!
6. Pin them all together
Now figure out how you want your skirt pieces to fit as I turn daddy’s shirts into a dress. I did alternating pieces, keeping the buttons from the shirt upfront on the pattern itself.
Place two pieces together with the outsides facing each other, basically, if it was a shirt, face them so it would be inside out.
Then pin along one side and sew up the edge. Remember to backstitch for a secure stitch.
Take the other two pieces of daddy’s shirts into a dress and do the same.
Now take the two newly formed pieces and repeat this step again till you have a full skirt sewn.
I recommend when turning daddy’s shirts into a dress, try and use your own shirt as a pattern. It will make the fit much better and making it this WAY is easier unless you are already pretty good at sewing. I am not, but it was fun trying! :)
For the top, I used a green striped shirt.
Always measure.
For this, I measured the shoulder length of daddy’s shirts into a dress.
Place a mark from the neck to the end of the shoulder, which for this was 5 inches. Then add 1/4 inch for seam allowance.
Then I cut the sleeves of the original shirt off.
For the sleeves, I used a woman’s shirt to follow a rounded pattern for both sides. This made it easier so I knew the sleeves would fit for sure.
I also cut the sleeves out of the old shirt from the extra fabric in the sleeves.
Next, take the measurement from the back of the neck to the top of where the skirt sits and measure along the back of the shirt.
Start at the base of the collar and measure straight down which in this case is 19.5 inches. Add 1/2 inch to the bottom. This is where the skirt will attach to the shirt.
Measure straight across at this point and cut across. This is where the bottom of the shirt will end.
7. Readjust the bottom
Now we need to match the bottom width of the shirt to the top width of the skirt.
The entire measurement was 34, so we halved it to 17.5. This measurement will be straight across, meaning both the front and back pieces together will equal 34.
Measure the entire length of the shirt which in this case was 21 inches, so I just took 2.5 inches. About an inch on each side. Leaving a quarter for seam allowance.
Make a mark when turning daddy’s shirts into a dress. Then taking the measuring tape measure up the bottom of where the sleeve would be and make a line all the way up.
Do this with both sides and then cut up on each side. You should get a somewhat angled v look, a more feminine look to it.
Now open the shirt, right side facing downwards. Place your sleeves along the sleeve holes and pin.
I like to pin the ends first then put one in the middle. After that work your way in, this allows you to take any extra material and gather it in so no one can see any mistakes. It seems to be something I do a lot of when I sew.
Once they’ve been pinned, sew exactly where you have already pinned them.
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