Brown Shirt Refashion

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I bought this rayon shirt at the opshop when I was very pregnant. I assumed that just because the shirt fit at the shoulders, it would fit fine after I gave birth. However, I discovered that it was extremely billowyat the bottom and completely shapelesss. The collar was too high as well and the bow didn't sit properly. I decided to do something about it.

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Knowing how well my first refashion turned out, I decided to do the same to this shirt. I planned to lower the collar and cut off the midsection and substitute it with stretch blue ribbed material.

Below I cut off the midsection about 8 inches above the hem.

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I then measured myself around the waist and cut off a swatch of blue knit ribbed fabric less 2-3 inches in length, and the same width as the midsection that I cut off from the shirt.

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I joined the two raw edges of the ribbed knit to make a tube and overlocked the other raw edges.

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Here below I'm overlocking the edges of the brown shirt.

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Next I pinned the ribbed knit tube to the brown shirt right sides together, pinning in quarterly intervals.

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This is what it looks like after the tube is sewn on.

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To lower the collar, I unpicked the the collar seam and recut the collar to where I wanted it to be.

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And I sewed the collar band back on.

Tada!

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I like it so much better. Wyld Man likes it too.