Sleeveless blouse
To work you need to prepare:
- men's shirt;
- sewing tool.
Description
Lay out the shirt on a horizontal surface and mark the contours of the blouse. To do this, you can use a T-shirt of the desired size or a basic pattern for a straight dress as a base.
Cut according to the markings.
Sew the side seams. We overlock all cuts. We cut out the bias stitching to process the cuts of the armholes and neckline. We process the armhole cuts.
From the sleeves we cut out strips for the frill.
We combine them into a common long piece. We sew over the outer edges, turn them over and stitch them.
We sew a line along the edge with large steps. Pulling the threads, we assemble the frill.
We sew it to the collar, making two tiers on the front and back - see photo. We process the neck sections with an oblique facing.
We make a belt. The blouse is ready!
Method 4: Dress for girls
The easiest way to alter a shirt into a dress is to cut it out, using the button placket from the shirt being altered as a basis. This bar should serve as a fastener for a children's dress and from it, according to the girl's size, the neckline, armholes, length and width of the product are cut out.
In addition to the alteration itself, great attention should be paid to decorating the dress. Bright child-themed appliqués, beautiful buttons and other trim look very impressive on boring shirt fabric.
Long sleeve blouse
For sewing you will need:
- men's shirt;
- threads, sewing tools.
Description
On an ironed shirt, cut off the front and back pieces. We measure the strip for the shuttlecock from below. In our case, this size is equal to twice the width of the shuttlecock.
Fold the bottom edge under and stitch.
From the cut wide strip we cut out blanks for the shuttlecock, cutting it in half widthwise and cutting off the placket with buttons.
We sew the strips into one long piece. On both short and one long sides we make a turn and stitch. We sew the second long side with a zigzag stitch. Along this side we sew a line with a large step. By pulling the bottom thread, we gather the shuttlecock.
We mark the line for attaching the flounce on the blouse, baste it, distributing the gathers evenly. We attach it.
Iron the finished product.
Off Shoulder Shirt
To sew such a jacket you need to prepare:
- men's shirt;
- wide elastic band – 2 m;
- threads, sewing tools.
How to easily change a man's shirt into a women's blouse
Lay out the shirt on a horizontal surface and mark the line for the top cut of the blouse.
Cut off the excess.
Fold the top edge to form a drawstring. We check that the size of the fold is sufficient for the elastic to pass through.
We pin the drawstring with pins and stitch it, leaving a small open area.
We thread the elastic into the drawstring.
Sew the ends of the elastic together using hand stitches.
Shorten the sleeves to the desired length. We make a drawstring along the bottom edge and tuck an elastic band into it. Sew down the ends of the elastic.
The blouse is ready!
Method 1: Boho Blouse
A boho-style blouse can be sewn from a men's shirt in literally three simple steps. This will require good tailor's scissors, a wide elastic band and forty-five minutes of time.
New life for old shirts
Boho style involves simplicity of cut and texture. If the cut of men's clothing is already quite simple, then there is not much texture in this product. Achieving texture is not difficult - to do this, you need to cut off the top part of the shirt and gather it with an elastic band. It turns out to be an open-shoulder blouse. You can secure your silhouette with a wide belt in a contrasting color.
Scheme for making a boho blouse with your own hands:
- lay out the shirt on a flat horizontal surface;
- draw a cutting line that should run along the shoulder line;
- cut off the lower parts of the sleeves (the length of the remaining part is chosen independently, taking into account seam allowances);
- We sew a wide elastic band into the upper part of the blouse;
- We sew the same elastic into the sleeves.
If a girl doesn’t like the bottom of the shirt, then it can also be altered by adding side slits or rounding the edges.
Simple alteration of a men's shirt
We have to:
- men's shirt;
- threads, sewing tools.
Description
We mark the pattern according to our sizes. This is shown schematically in the photo below.
Cut off the excess. We make a dart into the armhole. We process the cuts.
Beautiful blouse from a men's shirt
Yes, stores for women are now full of things, but if you take a closer look and ask the price, what kind of abundance is this? Or only small sizes, or a terrible cut that just doesn’t fit your figure. And if a lady likes things that are loose, so that they don’t restrict her movements, choosing a women’s blouse so that it is comfortable and pleasing to the eye, and at an affordable price, is from the realm of fantasy.
Lately, even those women and girls who do not know how to sew have been purchasing a sewing machine and learning little by little. Let's try our hand at altering clothes.
We invite you to sew such a fashionable blouse from a men's shirt. It is better if it is fabric with cotton - cotton fabric is easier to sew, it does not slip on the needle plate.
To work we need:
- Men's shirt.
- Sewing machine.
- Threads to match the color of the product.
- Centimeter, scissors.
- Chalk or a sharpened piece of colored soap.
- Tailor's pins.
- Ruler.
- Inspiration.
We iron the shirt, straightening out wrinkles and wrinkles. Our men's shirt is not a very large size, we will not reduce the shoulders. We put the shirt on ourselves. We take a tailor's pin in our hands and mark (reduce) the armhole, and also determine the length of the sleeve. We take into account that we will also have a flounce on the sleeve. We apply a centimeter to the shelf - we outline the desired length of the blouse. Write it down on a piece of paper and add 1.5 cm for the allowance.
Place the shirt on the table, wrong side up. Previously, we decided on the length of the blouse; we measure this distance from the highest point of the shoulder seam to the bottom. We mark it with a pin. We measure the same distance from the bottom point of the armhole on one side and the other. We also pin it with a pin. Draw the bottom line along the ruler. Cut off the bottom part along the marked line.
We remove the excess from the sides: we baste, and then we sew and cut off the excess fabric with scissors. We process the seam with a zigzag. Turn the shirt inside out. Next, fold the collar into a stand-up collar so that it does not interfere with work. We apply the inside of our blouse or T-shirt to the shoulder seam of the shirt, and mark the neckline on the front.
Connect the collar points and pin them together. Pin together the points of the shoulder seams and collar.
We make a neckline. We reach the shoulder seam. Then we cut the back along the collar. They put the collar aside.
Fold the shirt as shown in the photo. Using a ruler and chalk, mark the cut of the sleeve; it should be parallel to the shoulder seam. Cut off the sleeves. We put them aside. Use scissors to slightly round off the cutout on the back. Don't overdo it! It should not be as deep as on the shelves.
We sweep or pin the bar with loops and part of the second shelf with pins. Make sure that the seam runs exactly in the middle of the product. Sew and press the seam from the inside out.
It's time for the sleeves. We take the bottom of the shirt, which we cut off at the beginning of the master class. We have 1 large piece (from the back) and 2 small ones (from the shelves). We bend the large part in half, and fold the 2 small parts together. It turned out 2 flounces for the sleeves. Make sure they are symmetrical. We sew the large part once, and on the small parts we make 2 seams.
Turn the flounces out. Then fold the bottom of the flounces and hem them by 1 cm. The flounces are sewn along the front at a distance of 0.5 cm from the folded edge. We take a simple needle and thread - we must gather the top of the shuttlecock with small basting stitches.
Tighten the thread so that the top of the flounce matches the cut of the sleeve. Our shirt is on the front side. So, attach the assembled shuttlecock to the sleeve, front to front, and pin together with pins. Sew 1 cm from the edge. Finish the seam with a zigzag and press down.
We cut the collar into strips 4 cm wide. This will be the neck facing. We attach the strips to the neckline; there is no need to sew them. If there is enough material, we apply strips of faces. to the front neck of the blouse, pin it with pins. At the junctions of the parts we place them one on top of the other. We sew at a distance of 0.5 from the cut.
We bend the cut of the neck with a facing, removing the excess inside. We make a finishing stitch along the front 0.5 cm from the fold.
All that remains is to finish the bottom of the blouse. To do this, take the remains of the sleeves and cut them into strips of the same width. We sew the strips along the wrong side. It turns out to be a big shuttlecock. We will sew this flounce to the bottom of the blouse. We turn the bottom of the flounce 1 cm and stitch along the front 0.5 from the fold.
Gather the top of the flounce by hand using small basting stitches. We place the flounce face to face at the bottom of the blouse and pin it in a circle. We sew, retreating 1.5 cm from the cut. We process the seam with a zigzag and iron it down. That's all. To sew a blouse from a man's shirt is nothing impossible for skillful hands.
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DIY MODIFYING a men's SHIRT for WORK and STUDY / 3 IDEAS
Blouse with turn-down collar
We will need:
- plain men's shirt;
- contrasting tape for edging;
- threads, sewing tools.
Description
We make it ourselves or find on the Internet a pattern for a straight shoulder piece with a yoke. We mark all the details on the shirt.
We cut it out. We cut out the collar only for the front part.
If necessary, we strengthen the details of the yokes and collar with non-woven fabric.
We sew the parts together by inserting a decorative edging into the seam (see photo).
Method 3: Blouse with peplum
A blouse with a peplum from a men's shirt is a difficult alteration option. To sew this feminine sweater, you need to have some cutting skills and be able to carefully operate a sewing machine.
The modification scheme looks like this:
- patterns for the top are made;
- parts are cut out of the shirt using patterns;
- The neckline and armholes are finished with bias tape;
- all parts are sewn together;
- a belt is made.
The main difficulty is to correctly mark and cut out all the details of the pattern, and later to avoid mistakes and uneven stitching. It will be especially difficult for those craftswomen who try to make themselves a blouse with a peplum from a checkered, striped or other patterned item. When cutting out and sewing parts, you will have to make sure that when stitching, the patterns of different parts are in harmony with each other.
Blouse with bow
For such an alteration, it is advisable to choose a men's shirt made of thin fabric.
We mark the necessary lines - side seams, neckline. From the sleeves we need to cut out blanks for the bow and facings for processing the cuts.
Cut off the excess.
We make darts in the side seams. Sew the side seams.
We process the armhole sections with facings.
We make a bow and tie it.
With a turn-down figured collar
We will need:
- large checkered shirt;
- plain thick fabric for the collar;
- ready-made trim or narrow ribbon for a bow to match the color of the collar;
- threads, sewing tools.
Description
We cut out two pieces of a figured collar. We draw the pattern for the collar with our own hands. We sew the collar blanks along the outside, turn them inside out, and iron them.
We cut out a new neck line on the shirt. Please note that the profile of the neck and collar match. We pin the collar along the roll-out sections.
We attach along the edge.
We process the cuts with a facing. Its length should be symmetrically distributed relative to the midline of the back and allow you to tie a decorative bow at the front.
Do-it-yourself pillow from a shirt - sewing the fragments together
In order to assemble the product, we use the following algorithm:
- We connect two fragments of the shirt together with the right sides facing inward. Then the seam will not be visible on the face of the product.
- Before you start sewing, you need to unfasten the button so that after sewing is completed, the product turns out to the outside.
- We will fasten the two parts along all edges with pins, this will make it easier to sew the product together.
- You can use machine stitching or work by hand. Any seam option can be used. A double seam will be as strong as possible.
- Sew all edges. Now, through the hole left, turn the product right side out.
- Unfasten all the buttons to insert the pillow into the new pillowcase.
- To create an original design, you can cut one piece from different shirts.
- An original applique sewn with large stitches will help decorate the bedding. The technique of embroidery on bed linen will also decorate the product.
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Two-tone blouse
Interesting model in retro style.
For production we will need:
- two shirts in contrasting colors;
- decorative buttons;
- threads, sewing tools.
Description
You need to take a basic pattern for a straight shoulder product. We carry out modeling in accordance with the model. We draw a new line for the neckline, draw the contours of the front insert, and make patterns for the collar, bow and puff sleeves.
From a light shirt we cut out the details of the insert, collar and bow. On the right half of the insert we mark and sew buttonholes (see photo). Sew buttons on the left part.
From a dark shirt we cut out the back, side parts of the front, and sleeves.
We sew down the details.
We process the cuts, sew on the collar and bow.
Bed sets made from old men's shirts using patchwork technique
Shirt fabrics make very nice bedding sets.
What to make from shirts: bed linen
The ornament can be made up of strips of fabric, rhombuses or squares.
Shredded bed linen
How many shirts do you need to make such a set? Suppose the bed will be made for a narrow double bed, where the duvet cover is 180 by 210 cm, the sheet is 175 by 215 cm and two pillowcases measuring 70 by 70 cm. And the shirts are 54 sizes.
Pillowcase 70 by 70 cm made from shirts
It is better to sew the parts together using a seam like the one in the picture above. Of course, a thick linen seam is stronger, but sleeping on such a pillowcase will not be very pleasant; it is better to go over the edges of the patches with an overlocker and then join them with a regular line stitch.
Each pillowcase will consist of 8 scraps (4 on each side), plus two more narrower scraps will be needed to make the scent that holds the pillow.
Patchwork shirt pillowcase
It turns out that from one shirt you can cut 10 squares of the desired size, plus 3 smaller rectangles for the smell of the pillowcase. Thus, to sew one pillowcase 70 by 70 cm, you need 2 shirts of size 54.
To sew a sheet you will need 6 shirts, and for a duvet cover - 11 . As a result, for a complete set for a double bed you will need 19 shirts.
Bed of shirts and scarves
If you complement the shirt fabric with other beautiful scraps, the result will be more interesting. Using the patchwork technique, you can make a lot of interesting and useful things from shirts; a separate voluminous article is devoted to this topic. For example, shirt scraps can make nice curtains.
Curtains made from shirts
Shirts can make original holders for flowerpots.
Flower pot holders made from shirts
Youth blouse
We will need:
- plain men's shirt;
- narrow elastic band;
- threads, sewing tools.
Description
Mark the cutout lines. Along the front they will run almost along the armhole; on the back we make wider cutouts - see photo. We turn over and stitch the armhole sections. We make a strip from the cut sleeves. We intercept the back with a strip, as shown in the photo. We secure the position of the jumper with hand stitches. We make a fold along the bottom edge of the shirt, creating a drawstring. Thread the elastic into the drawstring.
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Women's shirt with lace insert
Blouse with cap sleeves
Top
Blouse with lace yoke
Blouse with guipure insert
From a denim shirt
Long top
We will need:
- shirt;
- threads, sewing tools.
Description
Cut off the top of the shirt in a horizontal straight line and cut off the sleeves.
We fold the sections of the remaining armholes twice and stitch them. We tuck the top edges of the top, forming drawstrings. We make ties from the cut off sleeves. We tuck them into the drawstrings and tie them at the shoulders.
