Hiyaa, long time no blog post!
We haven't posted on here for a while due to school and college. But I've finished!! (Hang in there Abi - you've only got two more days) So hopefully we'll be able to post a lot more throughout the summer.
I have an interest in having clothes that are unique, especially if I make/customize them myself. I'm not an expert it's just trial and error.
A few months ago, I was at a family get-together where one of my cousins was wearing a checked shirt that had been cut and had a tied front. She explained how easy it would be to do it yourself, so I decided to give it a go.
I brought a shirt from a cheap shop in my local shopping centre for £1. So if it went wrong, I didn't waste a lot of money.
When I first brought the top it looked like this:
I apologise for the quality of the pictures - I've lost my camera charger and my phone isn't the best!
The first thing I did, using dress-making scissors, was cut the sleeves off. You can cut them off wherever you wish to, but I just cut them from where they had been originally sewn on.
Then, I put the top on and then decided where I wanted it cut off. With my Mom's help, she drew a line along the back for where I wanted it. I took the shirt off then drew a straight line to each end of the shirt so I knew where to cut it off. Using a bowl, I was able to mark where I wanted the tie bits to start and then I just marked a straight line down to the bottom of the shirt.
After cutting that part off, the shirt look like this:
My Mom then worked her magic to hem then sew where I had cut (because I'm not very good at it).
And the finished product looked like this:
It is a little loose around my stomach, but I don't mind. I am happy with how it has turned out and will definitely be wearing it on my holiday in a few weeks.
Hope this comes in use for some people. And if not, well, I don't really know what else to say :)
Hope you have a good day,
Josie
xxxxx
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