Made a Dress from Old Shirts

Last September, I went into a flare-up for a while so I had to rest and stay in bed.  Feeling so bored and looking for something to do, I checked out our closet an found a couple of old but not-so-used shirts.

I decided to make a project--a dress.

• First item is my black baby tee from year 2004. 
• Next is my oversized (for me) company shirt, also black.  
• Last is my husband's really old ash gray T-shirt with a hole on one armpit.

I grabbed my sewing kit, scissors, ruler, measuring tape and started with my project.

Procedure:
1. I cut the sleeves of my black baby tee to make it sleeveless.

2. Using the black T-shirt, I measured 5 inches from the bottom of the shirt. Cut another one measuring 5 1/2 inches.  Do the same procedure for the gray T-shirt.

3. Sew the 4 pieces of cloth alternately putting the gray on top, black next, gray again and black at the bottom.
4. After sewing the pieces together, measure about 26 inches of garter for the waistline.  Insert the garter on the top part which is gray.  Make sure the measurements of the waistline and the baby tee are the same, for you will sew them together afterwards.
5. Sew the top part (baby tee) and the bottom part (T-shirt cutouts) together.  You now have a new dress from old shirts!
TIP: Ask a tailor to sew the edges of the dress for you. Thanks to Tito Man for sewing the edges! :-)

I plan to do another dress from my old clothes.  I still have to find some materials to put together to make a new one.