Shirt Makeover!

Okay.. so I found this shirt in the goodwill pile that I thought was really cute... just waaaay to big for me!

Case in point...

and....

Please excuse the one eyed dope face, really, I don't look that creepy all the time

The first thing I did was to bring in the back on both sides because I dont really have a very big back and when I put in the elastic for the high waist I didnt want an extra back puff. Highly successful method. ;-)

I then used my AWESOME serger and just made a seam on either side of the back and tada!

I marked the bodice below the bust line for the elastic....

Cut it straight in half!

Pinned it back together and sewed it in a small zig zag stitch (to preserve the stretchieness) at 3/8th seam allowance, and then folded the seam allowance up towards the top of the bodice and sewed it at 1/4th of an inch to made a casing for the elastic.

Wala! The finished product!

It was at this point that I realized something... this looked like a maternity shirt, so, if you are a size small and want a maternity shirt... do this!! I don't really need a maternity shirt right now, but it was a free project and hey... a learning experience!

yep, see... no belly at all... nothing but sheerly awesome abs.. that you ummm cant see O:-)