My brother from Texas visited us over the weekend.
He bought himself a Thunder shirt and also bought shirts for Gavin and Elizabeth.
but we have a little problem......
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| the Thunder shirt on the left is the size my brother bought. the shirt on the right is the size shirt that Gavin and Elizabeth currently wear. So, I got busy with a little alteration, it really was easy and quick. and successful. |
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| first I laid the smaller shirt (with the sleeves folded under) on top of the bigger shirt. then just cut off the bottom, sides and sleeves. I left about an inch on the sides, 2 inches on the bottom. The neck of the shirt was not changed in any way! I did this with the Thunder shirt turned wrong side out. Make sure to check your design, so you don't cut into it if you try this. |
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| then I cut the sleeves off and open at the sides so I can cut them smaller. |
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| For size, I used the smaller shirt as a guide. I cut off the bottom -seam of the sleeve... |
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| then cut off more at the top |
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| then just pinned the cut down sleeve back into place. See - the sleeve hem never changed. Just machine sew the sleeve back to the shirt. I also added some zig-zag to finish off the seam but that is optional. After the sleeves are sewn in, pin the sides together and machine sew them . |
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| now, just turn up the bottom hem and machine sew it about 1 inch from the bottom and then again at 3/4 inch from the bottom . |
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| close up of the altered sleeve |
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| 20 minutes later the finished shirt! |
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| Gavin modeling his Thunder shirt. it is still a little big but I think it will be a little smaller after a laundry. the original shirt was a 10-12 youth Gavin and Elizabeth both are 3T size Now, I need to size down Elizabeth's. Her mom asked me try to make hers into a t-shirt dress. I'll let you know how it goes. |
