This newly-refashioned shirt was gifted from a wardrobe clear out and I pounced on it immediately: I liked the combination of colours and the frilly detail. But the minute I try it on, I can tell it is a 'before' - it is just too large for me. Plus, it's shapeless, long, a little too fussy and unflattering to me in a big chest-y, no waist-y kind of way. And if that wasn't enough, the colours look tired and dull.
But I'm determined to overlook all this and release the inner After shirt. So I...
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take in the side seams just under the arm
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bias-bind the armholes
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create cap sleeves from the cuffs
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whip up a tie belt from the sleeves
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and then finally, shorten the hemline and curve it at the hip.
By jove I think we have it. More on my blog.
