I have shirred everything in my path lately! Still on my "using what I have to make things" kick, so I have literally cut up most every piece of clothing that I was intending on getting rid of (and have come close to cutting up perfectly good things that look like fun to shirr).
T-shirts make the prettiest dresses...it's amazing.
My girls' dresses were from 3 of my old shirts cut into 5" wide strips. I shirred the top tier and kept adding tiers until the dress was long enough for that girl. I added braided straps to the older girls' dresses.
On this dress I shirred a few rows at the top of a strip of t-shirt and sewed them on the top tier at an angle for the sleeves.
I made 3 of these shirts for my girls out of my old pajama pants and a t-shirt.
The top of this dress was my old shirt and then I added strips from a t-shirt on the bottom.
This was made from an old dress I had.
These next dresses were probably the most time consuming. I bought a dress for Easter/Graduation and I actually hadn't planned on making the girls'. Then I found an old shirt (the orange color) and it matched my dress exactly. I knew I had to come up with something.
So these are made from their Daddy's old dress shirt, and other random shirts from my giveaway pile.
I loved the fullness of the tiered skirt for my middle girl. I was literally having to piece together small sections of material to make it work, but in the end it did.
If you want a quick easy way to figure up how to make one of these skirts, this is a great place to look...http://www.chicaandjo.com/2009/05/28/sew-a-tiered-ruffled-skirt/.
They actually give you a calculator (which would have been handy about 6 hours before I found it).
With all of this shirring going on, I had to repurpose this dress I had. I loved it, but the pattern had become a little overwhelming to me.
So I cut it off under the keyhole and added black to the top (some old shorts I had) and shirred it.
I'm not crazy about the low belt, but I didn't have any choice. It was normally supposed to tie in the back, but it looked better in the front after the alterations.
So, I have to take a break from shirring...I have to move halfway across the country. Just hopefully when I get there I have something left to shirr.
If you've never shirred anything before here's a great youtube video...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WckKmm1cPFs
Also, I have found that light weight non-stretchy material is the best for shirring.
T-shirts make the prettiest dresses...it's amazing.
My girls' dresses were from 3 of my old shirts cut into 5" wide strips. I shirred the top tier and kept adding tiers until the dress was long enough for that girl. I added braided straps to the older girls' dresses.
On this dress I shirred a few rows at the top of a strip of t-shirt and sewed them on the top tier at an angle for the sleeves.I made 3 of these shirts for my girls out of my old pajama pants and a t-shirt.
The top of this dress was my old shirt and then I added strips from a t-shirt on the bottom.
This was made from an old dress I had.
These next dresses were probably the most time consuming. I bought a dress for Easter/Graduation and I actually hadn't planned on making the girls'. Then I found an old shirt (the orange color) and it matched my dress exactly. I knew I had to come up with something.
So these are made from their Daddy's old dress shirt, and other random shirts from my giveaway pile.I loved the fullness of the tiered skirt for my middle girl. I was literally having to piece together small sections of material to make it work, but in the end it did.
If you want a quick easy way to figure up how to make one of these skirts, this is a great place to look...http://www.chicaandjo.com/2009/05/28/sew-a-tiered-ruffled-skirt/.
They actually give you a calculator (which would have been handy about 6 hours before I found it).
With all of this shirring going on, I had to repurpose this dress I had. I loved it, but the pattern had become a little overwhelming to me.
So I cut it off under the keyhole and added black to the top (some old shorts I had) and shirred it.
I'm not crazy about the low belt, but I didn't have any choice. It was normally supposed to tie in the back, but it looked better in the front after the alterations.So, I have to take a break from shirring...I have to move halfway across the country. Just hopefully when I get there I have something left to shirr.
If you've never shirred anything before here's a great youtube video...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WckKmm1cPFs
Also, I have found that light weight non-stretchy material is the best for shirring.
