https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/the-4-to-40-top • Posted by Confessions of a Refashionista
Here’s how I re-created my adorable 4th birthday top to wear in that groovy re-created 4(0)th birthday photo:
Here’s how I re-created my adorable 4th birthday top to wear in that groovy re-created 4(0)th birthday photo:
I snagged a lovely pink t-shirt, half of the sleeves from a long sleeve T, fab vintage buttons & a scrap of white bedsheet
I grabbed a plate of the same-ish size as the t-shirt neckline
centered the plate on large piece of paper & roughly sketched out the shape of the collar
chopped it out, double folded my sheet scrap & cut out my soon-to-be collar
et voila…4 lovely collar pieces
I stitched each of the 2 pieces together, right sides facing, leaving a small opening for turning
Once flipped right side out I gave them a nice firm press with the iron
then top-stitched all the way around each piece
pinned them around the neckline of the t-shirt
and stitched them on…collar done!
Onto the fancy schmancy sleeve cuffs…I simply popped the chopped long sleeves over the t-shirt sleeves right sides facing and stitched them together
& zigzagged over the outside seam for extra strength
then hand stitched the buttons to the front…
and my re-created top was complete! …or was it?
Didja notice the “S” pin on little Sheri’s lapel? To really complete the photo re-creation I had to have that pin (or something like it)…
I snagged some leftover craft wire & wrapped, bent, folded & twisted it around a safety pin until I had my erm…fabulous re-created “S” pin!
…a couple of pigtails added to my hair & my return to 4-year-old me was complete!
Success!