Wardrobe DIY | Prairie Style Crop Top
Discovering myself in need of some cute Summer shirts, short enough to leave untucked, and long enough to cover my midrif, I delved into my "to mend" pile for some supplies. Every time I go thrifting, I find a few things that would work if I tweaked them a bit. Usually I just let them go, but this shirt was too cute to pass up.
For this project, all I had to do was a bit of trimming and a bit of stitching. I cut off the sleeves first, and then tried on the blouse to see what length I wanted the bodice to be. Marking that length with a safety pin, I then took my fabric scissors and carefully chopped off the bottom.
The last part involved a bit of sewing. I just turned the edged into two folds, and stitched closed the hem with my sewing machine. If you don't have a sewing machine, but own an iron, you could use some fusible bond tape to close your hems.
It was a super easy project that took about twenty minutes total. I'm already digging through my mending pile to see what else I can whip up for these hot Summer-like days that have finally arrived.
I love what you have done to it! It really is the prettiest blouse!
x
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Posted by: Jo - Lost in the Haze | June 02, 2011 at 05:28 AM
Wow, what a transformation!
Posted by: Curious Constellation | June 02, 2011 at 07:52 AM
I dig this! Nice work! :)
Posted by: allie | June 02, 2011 at 08:19 AM
You inspire me because my mending pile rarely gets mended.
Posted by: Cheryl | June 02, 2011 at 08:56 AM
oh, it looks so much better! those sleeves were a bit much. great work!
Posted by: maranda | June 02, 2011 at 09:38 AM
How slick! I will have to keep an open mind the next time I'm at the thrift store too! Love this top :)
Posted by: Erin | June 02, 2011 at 11:20 AM
i never thought about doing something like this with a shirt that was too big, but genius! i'll have to implement, especially since i am trying to find ways to tweak clothes that would better suit me and my body type. thanks for posting!
Posted by: andrea gutierrez | June 02, 2011 at 12:40 PM
GREAT!!!!! I am a sucker for red and white checked. I couldn't have passed that up either. But I like the fresh look you gave it.
Posted by: jessica | June 02, 2011 at 01:55 PM
Too cute!!
Posted by: Patty | June 02, 2011 at 11:12 PM
You're so talented. <3 P.S. I saw your hair in the humidity last year and envied how well it behaved. ;)
Posted by: skunkboy | June 03, 2011 at 02:19 AM
You are so clever and this is really inspiring! I have quite a bundle of things in need of mending and tweaking...
Oh and you look lovely, as always! x
Posted by: Katie | June 03, 2011 at 08:24 PM
Wow. That shirt looks 10 thousand times better. I've regretted many a purchase of that exact kind of shirt from the thrift store... usually because it had an irresistible print, but I'd never actually wear it because the fit was so hideous. I never realized how drastic an improvement just getting rid of the sleeves could be!
Posted by: brittany | June 04, 2011 at 08:59 PM
I love this top!!! Definitely an improvement too!
Posted by: Victoria or Justice Pirate | June 13, 2011 at 04:21 PM