Super easy dress for under $6
So I bought a men's 2 XL t-shirt a while ago b/c it was cheap and I wanted a cute black dress. Here's how I did it.
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| Big ole t-shirt |
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| Draw cut lines with chalk or pencil |
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| Cut on cut lines (jersey knit doesn't fray, but it does roll/lose it's shape sometime. Once again, this was a cheap weekend kinda dress so I didn't care :) and, I hate hemming jersey knit, I am terrible at it, so I didn't. AND I cheated/was smart and used the bottom of the shirt as the bottom of the dress, which was already hemmed ) |
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| Try on once you've made cut lines. Pin and sew to "tighten" around chest. |
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| Once you've sewed side seams (flip dress inside out and straight stitch down side) Measure waist with 3/4 in elastic (any size will work) |
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| Flip dress inside out. Pin ribbon, yes plain ole ribbon around the "waist line" of the dress. Sew a straight stitch at the top and bottom of the ribbon. Make sure your ribbon as a start and a stop and a narrow 1 cm gap inbetween, I recommend in the back. This will allow you to thread your elastic waist into the "casing". |
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| Attach a safety pin to the elastic and thread through the casing to create your gathered waistline. |
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| Finished product. Sorry I don't look cute, hahaha I fixed my hair and wore some big dangley earrings with it the next day to a baby shower and recieved many compliments :) |
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| There she is :) Go make one ! |
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