When I posted last weekend’s outfit yesterday, I had a few inquiries about my dress. I thought I’d whip up a tutorial, so that you could make one of your very own if you wanted!
To start with, you need two men’s (i.e. non fitted) t-shirts. Any kind will do – like I said, I recommend buying one size up from what you would normally wear, if you were to buy a men’s t-shirt. If you want to buy it to dye, make sure you get something 100% cotton!
Now, take your waist measurement. I would add an inch or two to it, just for ease and comfort. You’ll want to cut across the top of the t-shirt, similar to this…
…while making sure that the total circumference is equal to your waist measurement. Depending on your waist measurement, the edge cuts will be closer or further away from the edge of the shoulders, and that will probably affect the end outcome a little bit. You’ll do this on both of the t-shirts. Then, you’ll line them up like so:
And sew along the dotted lines. The red lines are where you’ll also want to sew (after turning the dress inside out), to create pockets. In theory, anyways, the sleeves on a medium are far too shallow to actually use as pockets. I just leave them tucked in and think of them as architectural embellishments.
It’s a pretty comfy little dress – the only thing is that until it’s “broken in”, the seams along the bottom of the top t-shirt’s sleeves rubbed on my shoulders quite a bit. It created a sensation like my bra strap falling off my shoulder, but it wasn’t. Good luck, and let me know if you try it!
