T Shirt To Cheeky Garter Belt Refashion

A sexy refashion with a little punch

Posted by Mikelina S.

About

I had been wanting to make my own lingerie for a long time but I had a hard time justifying putting that much time and energy into something I could only wear in my own house. Finally I gave up trying to justify it and just started sewing. Besides, I have made a number of pieces of men's lingerie (true story), why not make my own?

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You Will Need (1 thing)

  • Tshirt

Steps (10 steps, 120 minutes)

  1. 1

    I was inspired by this awesome graphic T I mined from a corporate thrift store in my neighbourhood. Originally they were going to be panties but I decided that wasn't quite cheeky enough for this find.

  2. 2

    I started by cutting the tshirt open at the seams to create flat pattern pieces.

  3. 3

    I marked my pattern on the right side so that I wasn't having to constantly flip it back and forth to make sure I wasn't cutting through the graphic.

  4. 4

    I folded the shirt in half to make sure my cut was symmetrical.

  5. 5

    I did the same with the blank back of the shirt. The blank piece will be the front of the garter.

  6. 6

    I also made a liner out of the rest of the t-shirt so that the t-shirt cotton wouldn't stretch out of shape as easily. For the liner I just cut duplicates of the first two pieces. I sewed both the sets of pattern pieces together separately.

  7. 7

    And attached them at the top, right sides together.

  8. 8

    At the bottom I folded both hems in toward each other and sewed the bottom hem with a zig zag stitch.

  9. 9

    With scraps from the t-shirt I created these four garters by cutting 1.25" widths and folding them in on each other so no raw edges are visible. I sewed them closed with a zig zag stitch.

  10. 10

    For lack of ready garter clips I re-purposed paper clips which worked surprisingly well. So well that I doubt I'll replace them.

    And we're finished!

    Now go show them to somebody you really like ;)