From Old to New

I am helping a friend do sewing projects for Relief Society in October and she asked me if I could check out some sewing blogs. She sent me a great list and I started checking them out. I am always up for using things around the house and not spending much or any money at all. One blog showed how to change a plain shirt into something a little more fancy. I couldn't wait to get started so I went in search of some shirts. To bad I just sent a bag of shirts to DI but I was not going to let that stop me. I found some shirts in the bottom of my drawer and started right away. This is what I did:

The shirt had some stains but I really liked it. Well, I found a shirt the exact color that I don't wear and cut it up for the ruffles. I can't wait to wear it.

Me sporting my old, new shirt.

This shirt had long sleeves. I cut them off and use them to make the ruffle. The picture showed the shirt with buttons down the front, I just haven't decided if I want to add any.

Thanks to http://tearosehome.blogspot.com/2010/03/tutorialruffle-shirt-why-not-vertical.html. I will be going through all my clothes seeing what I can do. There are a lot of things you can do to change your girl's clothes around and get more use out of them. Unfortunately, I'll just have to try everything myself.

Posted by a sewing mom. (I love my new shirts)