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| Jed used to wear this lovely blue shirt. |
Today is my son-in-law Jed's birthday. Happy Birthday! No birthday suit....instead the Quirky Summer Bucket List continues with a shirt. I'd always wanted to transform a man's shirt into a dress for a little girl - his girl of four years old! This shirt was a beautiful, subtle blue plaid made up in the most wonderful, quality fabric. Unfortunately, there was a stain that wouldn't come out and the shirt had to go....right to my project bag!
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| This is the pattern I used: Simplicity 1923. |
Because the pattern called for a button closure on the front, I could use the shirt front as a shortcut.
When cutting out the shirt, I noticed that the front (right) side of the shirt was more plaid and the inside (back) of the fabric was more stripey. So I used the plaid part for the top of the dress and the stripey part for the bottom skirt and ruffle.
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| Can you see the difference between top bodice and bottom skirt? |
The final touch? Adding a little flower to the top with leftover shirt scraps,
and then putting this four year-old in her Daddy's shirt made just to fit her smaller frame.
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| "Happy Birthday, Daddy!"
(*Quirky Summer Bucket List)
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This is so cute! We are having a granddaughter in August...time to fire up the sewing machine again!
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