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Posted by Pat Iverson on May 29, 2008, 6:10 pm
Need help to revamp a man's dress shirt to fit a woman.
How to redo the sleeves into 3/4 sleeves. Also any other ideas for refitting
or embellishments to change the look.
Thanks
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Posted by BEI Design on May 30, 2008, 2:20 am
Pat Iverson wrote:
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> Need help to revamp a man's dress shirt to fit a woman.
How big is the shirt, what size is the woman?
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> How to redo the sleeves into 3/4 sleeves.
Depends. Do you want to save the plackets and cuffs? If
so, are they large enough to accommodate the new wearer's
forearm, plus a little ease? If yes, you could remove the
sleeves from the armseye, re-cut the armseye for the new
wearer's size, and re-sew the sleeve. Or, you could just
taper the underarm seam, cut off at the new length (plus hem
allowance) and hem, maybe including a small tuck for ease.
Keep in mind, the collar is likely to be *much* too large
(not an easy alteration), and the body/shoulders too wide if
the man was large and the woman is small. Also, it will
almost certainly need to be shortened. And to make it truly
a woman's shirt, the buttonholes should be sewn shut and new
buttonholes made on the right front.
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> Also any other
> ideas for refitting or embellishments to change the look.
Add: lace, appliqué, embroidery, beading, sequins, piping,
pintucks, bias trim, different buttons, dye it, ...
What are you trying to accomplish? Are you are keeping the
shirt for sentimental reasons, and just want a wearable
memento? Or do you have a large supply of shirts you just
want to be able to modify rather than buy new fabric?
Beverly
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Posted by Pogonip on May 30, 2008, 2:52 am
BEI Design wrote:
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> Pat Iverson wrote:
>> Need help to revamp a man's dress shirt to fit a woman.
>
> How big is the shirt, what size is the woman?
>
>> How to redo the sleeves into 3/4 sleeves.
>
> Depends. Do you want to save the plackets and cuffs? If
> so, are they large enough to accommodate the new wearer's
> forearm, plus a little ease? If yes, you could remove the
> sleeves from the armseye, re-cut the armseye for the new
> wearer's size, and re-sew the sleeve. Or, you could just
> taper the underarm seam, cut off at the new length (plus hem
> allowance) and hem, maybe including a small tuck for ease.
>
> Keep in mind, the collar is likely to be *much* too large
> (not an easy alteration), and the body/shoulders too wide if
> the man was large and the woman is small. Also, it will
> almost certainly need to be shortened. And to make it truly
> a woman's shirt, the buttonholes should be sewn shut and new
> buttonholes made on the right front.
>
>> Also any other
>> ideas for refitting or embellishments to change the look.
>
> Add: lace, appliqué, embroidery, beading, sequins, piping,
> pintucks, bias trim, different buttons, dye it, ...
>
> What are you trying to accomplish? Are you are keeping the
> shirt for sentimental reasons, and just want a wearable
> memento? Or do you have a large supply of shirts you just
> want to be able to modify rather than buy new fabric?
>
> Beverly
>
>
Going waaaaay back in history, the first assignment in home ec was to
take a man's shirt - probably with worn collar and cuffs - and convert
it to a woman's shirt. Or girl's shirt. I don't remember all the
details, but I do remember that we started by turning the shirt upside
down! We cut the front and back from the front and back of the shirt,
and I think we used the sleeves, shortened, and we made a new, smaller
collar. It wasn't all that long after the end of WWII and lots of
shortages. Oh, this also put the buttons on the "correct" side. We
reused that part when we cut.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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