Another No Sew T-Shirt Transformation.

Hi there fellow Crafty People. Welcome to my little blog.  I am so glad that you are here. 

Today I want to share another t-shirt transformation project that I just completed.

Last summer, my daughter, Cole tried her hand at tie dying. For whatever reason, she decided to give it away. So I rescued it. 

The T-Shirt is an adults small which won't fit anyone I know. Then it struck me. I'll just transform it into a nice little beach cover up for my four year old granddaughter. 

THE TRANSFORMATION

Materials

• One t-shirt 
• Sharp scissors for cutting fabric
• Ruler 
• Darning needle 

Instructions

I started with the neck of the T-shirt. It was too big. So I cut it off.

I know, cutting it off doesn't make it smaller, but the idea was to add a drawstring. I'll get back to this in a minute.

The second step was to cut off the t-shirts small hem at the bottom.

Then I cut four thin strips off the bottom of the t-shirt and pulled them tight so it looks more like thread or yarn.

One strip was designated for a drawstring around the neck. One was for lacing up the back and one each for lacing the arm sleeves.

I cut the fringe along the bottom of the shirt. It isn't too long because my granddaughter calls it itchy. I know she means it tickles her legs.

The strips are as thin as I could comfortable cut them. Then I stretched each strip out by pulling it tightly.

Okay back to the neck line. I used one of the strips that I had cut from the bottom of the shirt to weave a drawstring around the neck line. If you look at the first picture up there you can see what I mean.

I had my granddaughter try on my new creation. I knew that I wasn't done yet but I wasn't prepared for the awkward looking shoulders on the cover up. That definitely needed to be fixed.

I laid the laid the t-shirt down flat on the table and using a ruler I cut a straight line from the neck line to the edge of the arm sleeve.

To close up this opening I used one prepared strip as laces on each arm sleeve.

At the end of the sleeve, I tied a knot. And at the end of each lace, I tied a knot.

The last part of the project was to lace up the back of the cover up which was actually my first idea for making the cover up.

All done!

I asked Faith to model her new beach cover up. She felt a little silly and shy but I think the pics turned out nice.

She is wearing a dress under the cover up but you

 can see the neckline, laced sleeves and fringe along

 the bottom.

Faith is feeling a little shy and not sure what to do.

Holy cow her hair is getting so long. 

That was fun. I hope to do a few more in the up and coming weeks. There are so many ways to cut a t-shirt.

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Do you know someone who would love this T-Shirt Transformation? 

Are you going to give it a try?

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