What can I sew from a man's shirt with my own hands?

Your husband has a shirt that he has not worn for a long time, even forgot about it, but to throw it off is a pity,after all, maybe it is made of good cloth or simply beautifully framed? Then we suggest that you change your husband's shirt and make something out of it for yourself. In this article, we will share with you the options that you can sew from a man's shirt yourself, give you a couple of master classes to make different interesting things.

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Ideas how to change a man's shirt

A lot of interesting and useful can be sewn from a man's shirt, starting with children's clothes, aprons, ending with a banal remake of it into a woman's shirt. But today we will stop in more detail on such options:

• make her a woman's shirt;
• ideas how to make interesting blouses;
• dress code.

So, let's get started.

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Convert to women's blouse

Women's shirts differ from men's shirts mainly because of the difference in shapes. But they can be as strict in style as the wardrobe items of a representative of the strong half of humanity.

Model of a female blouse without a collar

Most of the men's shirts sit on girls very freely. Now we will tell you how to make a model fit out of it.

For this we need to do the following steps:

• reduce the width of the shoulder;
• make darts under the breast line;
• cut the sleeves;
• cut the very shirt, its width.

Well, let's get started.

Master-class:

1. We put a thing on ourselves, we mark, where there will be a new armhole. Note on the shirt, we cut along the line drawn.
2. We shorten to the size of the sleeve we need, we attach them to the armholes.
3. We turn it out. Draw the line of the future dart from the chest line to the sides. There must go out on each side of the triangle.
4. Add all the contours and fix them with pins. Then we sweep and try on. If everything is good, then we sew, remove unnecessary pieces of fabric.
5. Taps are ironed.
6. Then we turn the product out again. We note how much you need to remove unnecessary fabric, so that the blouse is the size.
7. We cut everything off the contour. Sewing. Sutures all need ironing.

Everything, your woman's fitted blouse from your man's long-time unnecessary shirt is ready.

Making a female blouse - master class

As an option - from a man's shirt you can sew a female blouse:

1. First of all, we cut off the sleeves and break off the side seams. We do not touch humeral.
2. From the wrong side we fasten with pins to make a silhouette. We make a tuck of the chest in front and side, and also on the back, so that the new blouse is well on us sat.
3. We fasten everything with pins so that the darts appear at the right place. Next we sew the darts, and straighten everything with an iron.

Important! We try, if something went wrong, then we'll have to unpack the product and do it all over again.

1. If, after fitting, everything is in order, then we sew the sides of the garment. We measure our parameters from the shoulder to the waist, we make a thing of the necessary length, cutting off the unnecessary.
2. We measure the length of the sleeve from the shoulder to the elbow, cut off along the line that corresponds to our new seam. We mark a new armhole.
3. In this model, the sleeves are flashlights, so we collect the top part of the thread before attaching the pins to the new thing. After that, we pin them with pins and sew them backwards.

Important! The incision of the cuff will now be in front, not behind, which will make the movements more free.

1. We turn and iron the cuffs before sewing them to those stitches that were already on the cuff.

Your redesigned blouse is ready! Wear it with pleasure.

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Some useful tips:

• If the garment is very long for you, then it is more expedient to make out of it a dress of a shirt cut that you can wear with jeans, and in hot weather - just like that.
• You can make a fashionable top of the free cut on the straps from the men's shirt, completely cutting off the top part and forming a V-neck, unbuttoning the top buttons.
• If you hesitate to make a cut, you can just close it with some lace.

Important! From the old men's shirt you can make not only interesting outfits, but also items necessary for home, for example, a pillowcase on a pillow, an original kitchen apron and even a soft toy.

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Make a dress with half-sleeved sleeves

This method is easy enough and does not take much time, but be careful, anything can happen.

To create this outfit you will need:

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

Work progress:

1. From the left to the right shoulder of the product, draw a line, cut off the entire top.
2. Make a hem of the upper cut, fixing it with a pin or thread with a needle, and then sew on the bottom edge, making a kuliska.
3. In the resulting kulis stretch the elastic band.
4. Sew the ends of the rubber bands.

Your unique dress is ready, you can show it to your friends in it, and undoubtedly, this outfit will be pleasant to them.

In this article, we offered you just a couple of ideas from all that you can sew from a man's shirt with your own hands. Drawing on these master classes, add a little of your imagination, and then many old things will serve you more than one year, but in a new quality.