Let's face it.. really cool tshirts are pretty limited for toddlers, unless you want to pay big bucks.
R's big brothers have a ton of Abercrombie shirts they have outgrown..and even on sale ,$10 a tshirt between 2 boys for a few tween years, ends up to be..A LOT. So when I found out I was pregnant and having a boy the first thing I knew I would save would be all the Abercrombie things. Seriously I have no idea where their cotton comes from but it lasts and lasts and gets better and softer with each wash!
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So today I searched the saved clothes bin and grabbed a size small Abercrombie tshirt. Then I read about a million different tutorials on how to resize a shirt. My fav being Nancy's Couture. Then tried it on him and realized I didn't have to do anything to the collar because it was already really small. (Which I now remember was always a problem with my big kids trying to fit their heads through) So now, none of the tutorials I had applied to what I needed to do. So I just went for it! Turned out pretty darn good too. Thank you Lou Ann for teaching me how to add sleeves the right way so I could figure this out!!
So I decided I would do my own tutorial with another Abercrombie T-shirt (by this weekend at the latest)
So clever. I never thought to repurpose my older boys shirts! They usually just went to Goodwill or the rag bag. Can't wait for you tutorial.
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ReplyDeletealso forgot to mention...the shirt you made looks fantastic. I would have never guessed it was resized.
Thanks Patti! Being able to keep the collar helped and I used most of the same sleeve. I am thinking this might be easier than my next venture which is resizing some old band xl tshirts to toddler size! I will be using new ribbed knit for those collars. If all works out on those I will do a tut for that one too!
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