I tried it and it didn’t work on me. I worked on repurposing a men’s dress shirt into a shirt for me. It turned out OK. The pictures are of the shirt I used as a rough draft. But since this style of shirt didn’t flatter my body, I’m not modeling it for you. And I am not proceeding to make another one for the tutorial as previously planned. So I’m posting my rough draft in case this style of baby doll shirt works for you. If enough people are interested in making it, maybe I will do an actual photo tutorial later. Let me know.
Remember, this was my very rough draft. I used an XL men’s dress shirt. This shirt is supposed to be long and hang below the rear. Cute to wear with skinny jeans.
- Cut off the collars and long sleeves.
- Cut the V neck to just right above a button. Hem the V neck.
- Make the arm holes smaller to be more fitting and add the sleeves. I gathered the sleeves a bit where it is attached the the rest of the shirt.
- Make casting at the end of the sleeve for the elastic.
- Measure elastic around your upper torso, just below the bust. Then zigzag stitch the elastic onto the shirt all the way around while pulling the elastic to fit the shirt so it will scrunch. Don’t sew elastic over the button front.
It isn’t bad for a rough draft. If you want to try again I can help if you want. I know that I am going to do another one soon. I just need to find a shirt.