![]() It’s kind of like painting old furniture…if it’s ugly and it was free, then hey, you couldn’t possibly make it worse than it was and even if you could, you wouldn’t have wasted money, except for the cost of supplies. The shirts were free and they weren’t going to fit anyone as-is, so if I screwed this up horribly, it’s not like I would have lost much, except for a little bit of time. I didn’t take a before picture, but it was even wider than Sonia’s shirt, and the fit is much improved now.Ī lovely thing about working on old hand-me-downs: it’s super low-pressure. ![]() While I was at it, I also fixed this one for Zoe. Here’s what the shirt looks like now…such a much better fit! If you’re sewing a woven fabric, then you’d want to serge or zig-zag the edges. If you’re working with knit t-shirt fabric, you do not need to worry about the edges fraying, and you can leave them as-is. (after I did this, it became obvious that my bottom curve was too sharp, so I fixed it. Once that’s done, I have the kiddo in question try it on, and if it fits properly, then I snip off the excess fabric. Then I just sew along my pin lines, taking care to make sure I’ve lined up the edges of the armhole and the bottom edges as well. I find that shirts which are too wide generally have armholes that are too big as well, so it makes sense to take care of both problems at once. I line them up to the best of my ability, and then I place pins on the bottom shirt, all along the sides, to mark where I want to sew.īecause it would be awkward to take in the sides of a shirt without addressing the armholes, I also pin there. So, like I showed you yesterday, I turn the shirt inside out and lay another (well-fitting) shirt on top so that I can see where the problem areas are. I’m starting with this hand-me-down shirt, which is wide enough for someone Lisey’s age, but is way too short for someone of her size.Īppropriately enough, I’m sizing it down for Sonia, who is my peanut-sized kiddo. That way, the short length is no big deal, since a smaller shirt needs less length. This is a great technique for rescuing shirts that have gotten shorter and wider over the years, and I wish I’d figured it out sooner! It’s also good for older shirts that have been around since the days of higher-waisted pants (shirts from those days are definitely shorter than newer shirts are.)īasically, you’re taking a larger but too-short shirt and you’re cutting it down to a smaller size. ![]() Yesterday I posted a picture of a shirt in the midst of being made thinner, and several of you had questions about how I do that.Īnd since this kind of thing is way easier to explain with photos, I thought I’d share my process in pictures.
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