Reclaiming mens shirts

As much as our little girl loves the pillowcase dresses I make her, sometimes a little girl needs a skirt not a dress. So after going though hubby's clothes and setting aside all the shirts that don't fit anymore. I found this post about the the 10 minute skirt and wanted to give it a go. Instead of using a ladies t-shirt I wanted to use one of hubby shirts, same things apply. No need to hem the bottom, all you have to do is make a casing for elastic.

So here is the shirt before. I loved this shirt so much it has a lot of memories, which is why we have keep it so long (hasn't been worn since 2006)

 

All I did was cut off the bottom half of the shirt (right under the sleeves) This is for our big girl little Miss 3, I measured around her waist and from her waist to the floor (just to make sure I didn't need to shorten the shirt) The length of the shirt was the length of little Miss's legs and I was happy with making a long skirt so left it as is. If you wanted a shorter skirt just take off however much you want from the top (make sure you leave 1.5 inchs for the casing) I also ran the raw edge though the overlocker to stop any fraying. 

 

Now all that is needed is fold and press with a hot iron the top down 1.5 inches and stitch down, leaving about a 2 inch opening (to thread the elastic though.) Cut the elastic the same length as her waist, threaded the elastic through and then stitch closed the opening and your done.

 

 

She loves it, and loves that fact that it was once daddy's shirt. And I loved making it so much that I made her another skirt that was once one of my tops that I loved but no longer fitted me 

 

  

Another winner!!!