Men's Shirt To Women's Skirt

Refashion a men's dress shirt into a preppy women's

Posted by Kaitlin H.

Want to try your hand at refashioning but don't know where to begin? Try this simple men's shirt refashion and make a lovely, simple pleated skirt.

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Cut shirt across the chest, directly under the armpits.

(Can you see that stain on the upper right chest? Hubby was sad to lose a shirt, but I was excited to gain material for refashioning.)
2

Pleat to fit your waist. I created two pleats on each front panel....
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and six across the back.

(1" pleats, spaced 2" apart).
4

Run a basting stitch across the top edge to hold the pleats in place.
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If you need to take out excess fabric from the waist but don't want to go crazy with the pleats, take a bit from each side by pinning and stitching. This can also help take some poof out of the hip area.
6

Double turn top edge under and stitch again.
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Add a snap as needed to keep the top of the placket closed.
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And voila! As you can see, the buttons only extended so far down the shirt placket, so I stitched the bottom a little more closed.