Off the shoulder DIY

One trend that does not seem to be going anywhere

soon is the off the shoulder look. We love it for

spring and summer. After some consideration we

thought, Hey, I bet that wouldn't be hard to make!

So we decided to go through our pile of clothes

we removed from our closet from spring cleaning 

and dug up a couple of potential shirts, and landed

on this floral button down number.

This project is really easy, if you are a beginner sewer.

Only takes about ten minutes!

You will need:

Elastic

Old Shirt

Matching string

sewing maching

fabric chalk

scissors

pins

Step 1:

Lay out your shirt flat on the floor. Decide where the top of 

the shoulder is on both arms. From these points,

draw a line straight across using fabric chalk.

Cut along the line

Step 2:

Lay your elastic band where you cut your line.

Fold the fabric over the elastic to measure 

the fold. You should add a little extra fabric

to leave room for sewing a line.

Pin the fabric down.

 Step 3:

Sew along the bottom of the folded fabric that you

pinned down. Be sure to leave a half inch gap

at the beginning and end. This will be to insert

your elastic band.

Step 4:

Take something long, like a wooden stick or

unfolded wire hanger, to help you insert the

elastic into the fabric "tunnel" you made.

Thread it all the way through until the elastic 

appears on the other side.

Gather and sew the elastic ends together.

 VOILA!

Happy DIY-ing!

fox + gypsy