Refashioned Shirt

*** Warning: Craft Post Ahead***

We got shirts for Derby. One blue, one black with the team name on the front and our derby names and numbers on the back (I am Ginan Toxxic, number 20.)

There was a mistake with my shirt. I only got black and it was ordered as an extra large instead of a medium (we won't say anything about certain people doing shirt orders while they're drunk.)

Tomorrow is "dress practice" because Scoop from State College Magazine will be there.  We're supposed to were our shirts. My shirt was pretty unwearable as it was.

So I spent part of my afternoon refashioning it into something cute, punky and wearable.

Start with the shirt:

Turn it inside out and cut off the sleeves, sides and bottom:

Then, using a whipstitch, sew up the sides.

Next, cut off the collar and the tops of the sleeves:

Then, make some drawstrings out of the scraps of the bottom and sides of the shirt.  Poke some holes (carefully using a very sharp knife) along the tops of the sleeves and the collar.  Turn the shirt rightside in and, using a safety pin as a needle, lace the drawstrings through the sleeves to close them together and along the collar (using whipstitch again) to make a decorative trim.

(Complete shirt, back)

(Complete shirt, front.)

Wear and enjoy!