Today's transformation post is one I completed just before New Year. I found this shirt at a thrift store for $1. It looked Indian-inspired to me with all the color and patterns.
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| Before: Teal Bib Shirt |
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| Before: From behind |
The pink bib was definitely not working for me though. I felt like a big 'ol baby.
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| Baby bib |
So that was the first to go...along with the gold ribbon down the front.
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| Removing the bib and ribbon |
Once I had removed the bib and ribbon, I said so long to the shoulder pads.
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| So long shoulder pads! |
After that, I cut off half of the sleeves which were really restricting, and set aside the leftover material.
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| Removing the sleeves |
Then I hemmed the sleeves, hemmed the neckline, and removed the wide hem from the bottom to make the shirt longer.
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The area under the bib had left a dark pink stain, so I tried hand-washing it out.
Oh. My. Goodness. I'm so glad that I didn't wash this with my other clothes, because the instant it touched the water in my sink, the whole sink was deep blue. If it was losing that much dye, I thought it would eventually take the stain with it.
No luck. So I thought if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!
Rather than try to hide the stains, I followed the pattern and emphasized them. I did so by highlighting the front of the shirt by placing rosettes I made with the extra sleeve material.
To do this, I cut the sleeve material in a zigzag pattern so I ended up with long strips. Then I pinned one end down, twisted the long strip, and rolled it up into a rosette.
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| Rolling rosettes |
I stitched the rosette layers together, then I sewed them down the front of the shirt.
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| Sewing the rosettes to the front |
Here again is how the shirt looked before:
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| Before: Teal Bib Shirt |
And here is how it looked afterward.
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| After: Teal Rosette Shirt |
So there you go! Repurposed the sleeves for the rosettes, removed the bib, and gave it a while new look. Like I've said before, sometimes you just need to take off something that shouldn't have been there to transform a look.
Until next time, blessings.
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