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Sew a dress from an old tank and oversized tee
Don't worry if there's a dumb design on the shirt. You can sew it so the lame-ness is on the inside :) The grey shirt i used was some old adidas work out shirt of my dads but you cant even tell!!
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You Will Need
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Step 1Put the tank top on and find the smallest part of your waist.
Mark the tank top where your waist is and take off the tank top -
Step 2Cut horizontally across
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Step 3This is what it should look like when its cut. The top will be the bust of the dress
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Step 4Find an XL t-shirt and cut off the arms. This will be the skirt
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Step 5After cutting off the arms, measure 2 inches above the arm holes.
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Step 6Cut horizontally across again.
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Step 7Put the skirt on over yourself. The top should be a bit higher than the smallest part of your waist.
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Step 8Find the largest part of your hips and measure how much excess you have on both sides (my own was an excess of 2 inches on each side).
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Step 9Take off the skirt and lay flat. Measure in how ever many inches you needed in from the edges (for mine in measured in 2 inches).
Mark the skirt and pin.
Repeat on both sides -
Step 10Sew along this mark on both sides
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Step 11Lay the bust of the tank above the skirt to measure how slanted you need to make your waist. Dont worry if yours looks like mine. It looks like i have the tiniest waist and the biggest hips but you have to remember that you have an butt!!! So its okay if the slant looks extreme!!!
I missed taking pictures of the next
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Step 12
Some how i missed taking pictures of this step...
but you just sew along the silhouette of your waist and hips.... -
Step 13Flip the skirt inside-out and try it to see if where you need to go in more.
Continue sewing and trying it on until its truly a custom fit. -
Step 14Line up the bust to the skirt
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Step 15Make sure the two are completely matched up. Check the side-stitches to make sure :)
Pin all the way around the waist -
Step 16Make sure your pinning/sewing the inside
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Step 17(Close up :D)
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Step 18-Inside out view-
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Step 19Sew along the waist
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Step 20Cut off extra fabric and flip it right side out :)
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Step 21Add a belt, some buttons, a zipper, or some ribbons for an extra Oomph!!!!
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