Welcome to spring, everyone! I know it’s officially been spring for about two weeks, but it hasn’t felt like spring. Today, I’m refashioning a plain white, long-sleeve jersey shirt. We’re going to upcycle this shirt into something a little jazzier, with some dip dye and lace. Another great t-shirt refashion, here we come!
Remaking a Long Sleeve Shirt with Dip Dye and Lace
Here’s a close approximation of the shirt, since I forgot to take a before picture. Except mine was, like, XXL.
First, let’s do some dyeing! I used Rit All-Purpose Powder Dye, Purple for our new Pantone color of the year, Radiant Orchid.
Following the instructions using hot water and salt, I dipped the top part into the bath …
… and came up with this!
Now the bottom half.
After drying it out (I like to sun-dry it because I think it helps the color set better), I laid it out on the floor and put a well-fitting t-shirt on top as my guide.
Here you can see the lines.
Sew up the sides with a zig-zag binding stitch. It’s a stitch kind of like this one.
After cutting the excess material from the sides, I then cut the corners near the sleeves in a perpendicular cut, near the sleeve seam.
I used my t-shirt as a guide again, and measured the shoulder seam to the sleeve, to mark where the sleeve should end.
Then, I marked from the armpit to that spot, and cut along the line. Since jersey doesn’t need to be sewn, I just left the edge raw since it’s hard to make a sleeve if it’s attached already.
The last piece was the lace part around the collar. I happen to have this shirt sitting around, so I used it’s collar.
Off it comes.
And on it goes!
Here’s the final result!
So very cute! You should link this up to Challenge Create: Adult Edition Refashion Sew Along! (http://skirtfixation.com/2014/04/week-2-refashion-sew-along/)
Thanks for the link! I will definitely enter. 🙂
So very cute! You should link this up to Challenge Create: Adult Edition Refashion Sew Along! (http://skirtfixation.com/2014/04/week-2-refashion-sew-along/)
Thanks for the link! I will definitely enter. 🙂
Beautifully done! I love that color!
~Michelle
Beautifully done! I love that color!
~Michelle
What a great up-cycle shirt. So cute. 🙂
What a great up-cycle shirt. So cute. 🙂
Love it! I need to give dip dyeing a shot again soon. 🙂
Love it! I need to give dip dyeing a shot again soon. 🙂
Really cute! Love the lace and the color!
Really cute! Love the lace and the color!
Hi Maureen,
This top came out so cute. Thanks so much for sharing it with Wednesday’s Adorned From Above Link Party. We are featuring it at this weeks link party.
Have a great week.
Debi and Charly
Adorned From Above
Hi Maureen,
This top came out so cute. Thanks so much for sharing it with Wednesday’s Adorned From Above Link Party. We are featuring it at this weeks link party.
Have a great week.
Debi and Charly
Adorned From Above