DIY T-shirt dress

Many girls love exclusive outfits, but if you can’t afford them from fashion designers, you can show your imagination and sew an attractive and original dress from old T-shirts. Special skills are not needed, but only desire and a few old products.

The main material for creating a dress is a t-shirt. It is better to give preference to cotton. Do not forget that the worn-out things are not amenable to alteration.

A great solution would be a new T-shirt, but which just didn't fit you in size, since most workshops tell how to create a beautiful dress in size from a large T-shirt.

As a decoration, you can buy buttons, rhinestones, braid or decal. If you can draw, then you can draw an original pattern, print, or just use a stencil.

Tools required:

• Sewing machine. Although there are master classes in which you can create a dress from a T-shirt without using sewing.
• Scissors for cutting or conventional scissors with a long blade.
• Needles and threads.
• Pins
• Decorative elements for decoration, if necessary.

In just a few minutes you can create a stunning dress from a large T-shirt. There should be a t-shirt at hand, two sizes larger than yours, a centimeter for measuring your shapes, scissors and a sewing machine.

The manufacturing process will include several stages:

• Hip circumference should be measured. The resulting figure must be divided into two.
• Now you can proceed to work with a T-shirt. It should be folded in half, measure half the circumference of the hips from the center and, given this size, draw a thin outline of the future dress. But do not forget to leave two more centimeters along the contour for seams and allowances.
• Next, the t-shirt must be cut into separate parts. Cut off sleeves, upper part with neck. They will no longer be needed. The remaining material should be cut into two parts - the upper thin strip and the lower wide part.
• We sew thin strips on the sides so that a short top appears. Sew the lower part along the sides with the help of a zigzag seam. The result is a skirt.
• It remains to sew the top and bottom together, and the beautiful dress of the fitted cut is ready!

To create a summer dress, you can use not only your old t-shirts. It is very simple and easy to create an attractive model from a men's t-shirt:

• Typically, these models are quite wide, so first you need to reduce the width of the sleeves. You should measure your sleeve parameters, mark them on the fabric and cut off the excess.
• The edges must be carefully overcast so that the fabric does not loose when worn. The sides of the future dress can be sewn on a typewriter using an overlock seam.
• Then you should sew the sleeves along the drawn contours.
• T-shirt must be turned inside out. An elastic should be sewn onto the waistline, initially measuring your waist size. Elastic band can be replaced with a strap or a wide belt.

A luxurious dress for the hot season can be made from an ordinary T-shirt and a small piece of fabric. The manufacturing process does not take much time, and does not require being a professional in this matter.

First you need to think about where the junction of t-shirts and fabrics will be. You can create it on the waist, hips or under the chest. The best options are the last two. A joint at the waist is suitable only for slim beauties with a thin waist.

The process of tailoring a dress from a T-shirt and fabric includes the following steps:

• It is necessary to take a square cloth. In the center, cut a circle whose radius should correspond to the circumference of your hips. To get an even circle, the fabric needs to be folded twice twice.
• The technology of actions is very similar to the one used at school when paper snowflakes were made. In the corner, which is the middle, draw a semicircular line. It will be equal to a quarter of your hip size. Next, carefully cut.
• The fabric of the shirt must be sewn down if you want to create a connecting seam at the hip level. If there is a desire that the seam is under the chest, then you should shorten the T-shirt, and then sew the fabric.
• All seams of the fabric should be treated with an overlock.
• If you want to create an elegant option, then you can twist the corners of the fabric a little, as a result, the bottom of the dress will be in the form of “sun” or “half-sun”.

You can create an attractive dress from a T-shirt and skirt. Such an outfit is suitable for girls with curvaceous forms, since it will not be too short.

The manufacturing process includes the following steps:

• T-shirt should be well smoothed. Transfer your sizes to it (girth of the chest, waist and hips) and cut off the excess material along the contour. It should be taken into account that the t-shirt should be shortened approximately a little below the waistline. When the size of the upper part is ready, you can move to the bottom.
• You should take the skirt and carefully tear off the belt, since it will no longer be needed. If left in place, then an ugly fold is formed.
• The stitching place of the skirt and the top of the t-shirt can be covered later using an ordinary belt or a thin strip of fabric. A new belt should not create a scar on the fabric.

Similarly, you can create a dress of two t-shirts. For a short T-shirt, you should sew a strip down from another T-shirt, but it should be the same color. The stitching line will be located under the chest. If you use a long model, then the products should be sewn along the line of the hips.

See one of the options in the video.

If you have a beautiful, but large-sized T-shirt, you can easily sew an original and amazing dress for your daughter. In the new outfit, she will definitely feel like a real princess.

Main stages:

• You need to take a large T-shirt and carefully lay it out on a flat surface.
• Top should be placed your daughter's dress, which suits her now in size. The hem of the dress and the bottom of the t-shirt should be equalized. You need to be careful in the measurements, because at this stage you can ruin everything. A few centimeters of fabric should be left in reserve, which will subsequently go to seams and allowances.
• Next, you need to cut a t-shirt along the contour of the dress. This should be done slowly, since two layers of fabric are cut immediately. Start with A-shaped, cut armholes. When cutting the top, do not forget that the future dress should have a collar.
• The result is two identical pieces of fabric. Their edges need to be processed using a zigzag seam, and then sew on a typewriter.
• From the remnants of a T-shirt you need to cut two pieces of a rectangular shape. They should have a width of not more than 5 centimeters, and the length should be equated to the armhole for the future sleeve. These rectangles should be folded, ironed and carefully cut the armhole.
• From the edge of the dress you need to retreat only 5 millimeters. The fabric needs to be gathered and hidden this seams, just as you did with the armhole for the sleeves.
• An unusual collar can become a decoration of a product. The wicker version looks original and stylish. To create it, you need to cut several strips of fabric and braid the pigtail. It should not be tight so that the child can stick his head in.
• The pigtail should be sewn to the neck of the outfit. The dress is ready!

Clothing for girls can be decorated with various decor. The choice is completely individual. You yourself can decorate the dress the way you like.

A dress of a simple style can be decorated with bright ribbons or ruffles. This option does not require much effort and will cost inexpensively.

Many girls get ready-made decals that are applied to the fabric and in a few minutes an attractive drawing is ready. Dresses can be decorated with buttons, beads or pebbles of different colors and sizes.