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Dooney & Bourke

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Here's a tee I made, for ballet class, starting from a men's crewneck:
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Cut the bottom, and the sleeves: I made the sleeves asimmetrical:
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The left one was tied with a strip of leftover fabric:
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I mad ea black one too, but the details don't come well in the pictures...

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Very cute!

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Love it - totally adorable

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Cute!!!

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Very cool!!

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OMG - I love! More details plase - what size tee did you start with? how much did you cut off the bottom?

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I love it too! thats the tops I want to wear to hang out with and run errands and dress up with jeans and jewlery!
give us more details please.
also. I was thinking of doing it to one of my comfy fav old sweatshirts.....but I'm afraid to mess it up! I want to cut the neck more so it hangs off the shoulder....any ideas on how to go about it?

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jj wrote:

OMG - I love! More details plase - what size tee did you start with? how much did you cut off the bottom?



Thanks girls, you are the nicest! I had a lot of fun doing this.
I forgot to take step-by-step pics... but anyway...
I bough a medium size men's shirt. It's probably more like an S in american sizes - keep in mind that my size is S, so you should try to keep the proportions.
I tried it on before cutting to figure out how long it was on me, and I cut only the doubling at the bottom. The fabric is pretty thin, so it rolls up nicely.
Then I folded it in half and cut the neckline. I folded it, so that the neck would be simmetrical - then I tried it on and adjusted the cut. I pretty much tried it on before every new cut.
I cut off one sleeve completely, then tied a thin piece of the leftover fabric to have the shirring at the shoulder. The other sleeve I cut from the armpit, at the bottom, to the end of the doubling, at the top.

I cut 3 slits at the left bottom, and passed another long thin piece of fabric though the holes, then tied it: this gives the shirring at the bottom.
You can use fabrics of different colors or materials for the details: I wanted it to be a simple piece of dance wear, so kept it in the same color and fabric.
Or you can sew colored small buttons around the neckline, or on one sleeve.

I should try to take a pic of the other two tees I made to use for ballet class... And take in between pics next time I work on this.

 



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very cute! I might try it!

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