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Kids Tshirt refashion for fall/winter
At the end of summer, I was left with a pile of perfectly fine, well fitting almost new Tshirts of my daughter. These Tshirts would work perfectly except that they were all half-sleeved. "They would be too short by next summer...if only they had sleeves..." I found myself thinking. And then I realized, adding sleeves won't be that hard, after all I have been 'adding' sleeves to all the tops I have been sewing for her. These Tees are just sewn by someone else. So I set about adding full sleeves to those Tees, and then just for fun, I added some matching stripes in the front.
Do you also have some short sleeved Tees/Tops sitting around to be made into full sleeved Tees? Get the tutorial here..
Here're some more Tees that I added sleeves to:
And this
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Comment by Eunice Motta on March 16, 2012 at 11:54am -
Wowsers! That's very creative!
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Comment by camomma on November 7, 2011 at 7:32pm -
@ Beth Missel
Funny that you mention this. I'm in the middle of one such refashion myself. On my last trip to Walmart a turquoise Tee came home with me. Ever since I added a skirt to it, hubby has been begging me to keep it for our daughter, even though it is 1 year smaller size for her :)
Adding skirts to a short Tee is such a great idea, they get new life and they often turn out way prettier than the original Tee.
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Comment by Beth Missel on November 7, 2011 at 5:10pm -
Great idea! Another thing that I've done for the gals is when T-shirts still fit the shoulders but are getting too short to cover the belly, I add a skirt bottom. I will occasionally find cheap T-shirts at thrift shops or dollar stores and do that too. Makes a great gift and very comfy too!
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Comment by Diane Zayas on November 7, 2011 at 2:30pm
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What a great idea! I love to come here and see what people are doing and sewing to get ideas. There are so many talented people to meet. Thanks for sharing.
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Comment by Mary McCalip on November 7, 2011 at 1:29pm
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I've been doing this to my husband's T-shirts...
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Comment by Patricia on November 7, 2011 at 7:54am
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this is a great idea. Thank you
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Comment by Susan on November 7, 2011 at 7:32am -
One could really save some money by doing this.... keep up the great work camomma!
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Comment by Gloria Allender on November 7, 2011 at 7:14am -
What a great idea!
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Comment by Mesewlot on November 7, 2011 at 7:11am -
This is a great idea! MAkes me want to get my t-shirts out and add some sleeves for myself. :) Thanks for sharing.
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