First Pinterest Refashion Project: Work Shirt to Summer Blouse

Pin It Having lost all that grad school weight (20 pounds, to be exact), I am left with relatively nice stuff that are now way too big.  Shopping for new clothes isn't really an option right now, and I actually like sewing so recycling my old clothes was a no-brainer.  (After all of 20 years, I will confess that while my classmates in Home Economics class were swearing at our projects, I was secretly enjoying them.)  So inspired by all the upcycling and refashion projects on Pinterest, I decided to try this particular project from madebylex.com.

The project probably took me a total of five hours to complete, doggie distraction included.  I only did one layer of ruffles, though.  One, because I really didn't want to go overboard with the ruffles, lest I get haunted by nightmares of our very ruffly grammar school uniform.  And more importantly, I found that making the ruffles was actually the hardest step to do! And of, course, because I don't have a serger and I had an incredibly fray-prone fabric, the hemming took some time.  (That's next on my wishlist:  a serger.) Also, I decided not to do the belt.  The shirt's fabric had a pretty nice stretch that hugs the body quite nicely, and I never look good with these fabric belts anyway.

Before

After

I can't deny how proud I am of this.  Although this is not my first refashion, this was the quickest.  I hope I've made my grandma, Nanay Mitang, proud.  After all, I do come from a family of seamstresses!