Off-the-Shoulder Refashioned Blouse Tutorial
Do you have an old button-up that's been sitting in your closet for years? Now is the time to dust that drab blouse off and turn it into your hottest summer look with this crazy-simple Off-the-Shoulder Refashioned Blouse Tutorial! Learn how to upcycle old shirts in seven easy steps, turning a restrictive button-up into a shoulder-baring, sensual statement piece. Never worry about this DIY off-the-shoulder shirt slipping down your shoulders or pinching your skin. The top of the blouse is fastened with a personally fitted elastic band, so your shirt is guaranteed to stay in place all day.
Project TypeMake a Project
Time to CompleteUnder an hour
Sewn byMachine
Materials List
- 8'' Fabric shears
- Button-up shirt
- Sewing machine and thread
- Pins
- Tailor's chalk
- 3/4''-Wide elastic
- Iron and ironing board
Want other ways to give your old clothes a budget-friendly pick-me-up? Turn any drab sweater into a stylish cardigan with this 10-minute tutorial!10 Minute Cardigan Sweater Refashion
Instructions
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Lay the shirt flat on your work surface.
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Using tailor's chalk, mark a horizontal line across the front of the blouse 1-1/4” above the desired finished height. Then draw vertical lines that run parallel to the sleeve seams of the shirt and connect to the horizontal line.
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Use the 8'' fabric shears to cut along the marked chalk line.
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Fold the cut edge of the shirt over by 1/4” and press with an iron. Fold over again by another 1” and press again. Stitch the edge down, leaving a 4” opening on the shirt to insert the elastic.
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Insert the elastic through the opening and thread it through the entire top.
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Adjust the elastic length to size, cutting off any unneeded elastic and sewing the ends together.
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Stitch the opening in the shirt for the elastic closed and you're finished.
