Bistro To Boho…

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  Step 1

  Grab a lovely lacy vintage bistro curtain that comfortably wraps around your body with some to spare (charity shops are bursting with ‘em!)

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  Step 2

  starting at one end, wrap it loosely around your chest to get the basic size required & fold right sides together

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  Step 3

  chop off the excess fabric & set it aside for now

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  Step 4

  hop over to your machine & stitch the raw edges of your ‘body-piece’ together to form a tube

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  Step 5

  lay your tube on a flat surface wrong side out with the seam centered at the back

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  Step 6

  snag a comfy, loose t-shirt & center it at the top of the fabric tube & mark the sides of the neckline with a couple of pins…

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  Step 7

  stitch in from each side of your fabric tube towards each pin to create the shoulders & neckline of your new top

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  Step 8

  tuck the sleeves of the t-shirt inside & once again center it on top of the fabric tube then, using the t-shirt as a guide, chop out an armhole on one side of the fabric tube

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  Step 9

  fold your almost-done top in half & chop out the other armhole using the edge of the first as a template

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  Step 10

  grab the remaining fabric you originally set aside & slice it in half to create your sleeves (depending on the size of your bistro curtain you may have to get creative with your cutting or simply make a sleeveless top)

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  Step 11

  sew each piece into a tube

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  Step 12

  and you have some fancy sleeves to add to your top

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  Step 13

  pop ‘em into the armholes, right sides facing & stitch together

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  Step 14

  as my sleeves were creatively cut I stitched the last remaining curtain lace bits to each sleeve hem to create an illusion of symmetry (the hemline of one sleeve was the top of the curtain & the other was the bottom so they looked completely different)

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  Step 15

  slip into your glorious new top, pop on your bell bottoms & get to know your inner-hippie…

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