How to make a dress from a men's shirt with your own hands?

If you do not have a new dress, a tunic, a sundress for everyday or for publication, but there is a men's shirt stale for some reason in your wardrobe, then a new dress will be provided to you.

The shirt, of course, can be transformed into a dress, simply tied up in an uncomplicated way, but we want to share with you several options for tailoring such a dress.

What could be more sexy than a short summer dress? Only dress with lowered long sleeves. In this case, the shirt cut will add audacity.

To create this outfit you will need:

• men's shirt;
• wide elastic band;
• sewing supplies.

1. From the left to the right shoulder, draw a line and cut the top of the shirt along it.
2. Bend the upper sections, fixing with pins or thread with a needle, and then stitch along the lower edge, creating a drawstring.
3. In the resulting drawstring stretch gum. For greater convenience, you can use Chinese chopsticks.
4. Sew the ends of the elastic.

If a shirt at your time and feel sorry for her to cut, then use the following option.

There is another way to correct a men's shirt for a girl's dress without major changes.

Take a shirt and cut the sleeves and the top along the line below the collar. Then make the hem of the armhole, as well as the upper cut, forming a drawstring.

It remains to make the strings of the remaining sleeves. Cut out long strips of the desired width. Fold in half and stitch, and then stretch into the drawstring. However, ribbons and unnecessary ties can serve as material for ties.

By combining materials, you can sew a stylish dress.

• You will need a shirt or t-shirt and shirt. From the last, just above the beginning of the armhole, cut off the upper part, carefully cutting the sleeves.
• Make the armhole.
• T-shirts also cut off the top.
• Connect both parts. If the shirt is too wide, attach it with a string to match the side seams of the shirt and shirt.

Also, knitwear can be replaced by lace.

For those who do not wear short dresses, there is an offer to sew a dress with a detachable bodice.

• Cut off the sleeves from the shirt.
• On the front shelves, draw a line from the armhole to the collar, as in the picture, and cut the fabric over them.
• Cut off the collar.
• From the sleeves form the bodice. Attach them to the shirt with a curved edge to the middle.
• Using a string, add a hem and form a cup.
• Align the backrest.
• Make shades and sew to cups.

The second version of the sundress on the straps may look like.

You can go the hard way and sew the original dress, using the principle of patchwork.

The more shirts you find, the longer and fuller the dress will be. Also select the same pattern and key.

In this embodiment, involved 9 pieces.

• Choose a shirt with a full collar and a buckle - this will be the basis of the dress.
• On a waist make tucks, fitting a shirt on a figure.
• Model the armhole with braid, if you want a dress without a sleeve.

Model the side parts by attaching them to the dummy and carving out. When doing so, consider the seam allowances.

Sew the top of the dress together. Dig out and sew armhole facing, attaching the finished top to one of the shirts.

We proceed to the skirt of the dress. She cuts out of the shelves of shirts with wedges. The neck can serve as a narrow part, and a bottom - wide.Clasps with clasp will serve as cuts.

The basis of the pattern can be taken shestiklinku skirt. Total wedges need approximately 10 pieces. Their number depends on the waist and the width of the top of the wedges.

Cut out the wedges, and make frills from the remaining shreds and shirts.

Also, make a belt of buttons with buttons.

We hope that the selection of simple options for sewing dresses from men's shirts will be the inspiration for creating your unique outfit.