For the game against Camden Fairview I borrowed my future sister in law's beautiful cute shirt, which obviously wasn't an option to wear the next consecutive day (for clear reasons that it's just tacky and I'll admit I was going to try and pull it off but I'm pretty sure Baby Dotson did a drooling number on it).
So what am I supposed to do? I am the coach's wife, I can't just show up in any old outfit (that may have worked through the season but it just won't cut it in the semi-playoffs)!!!
I began researching "no-sew" fitted t-shirts and didn't like all the fringe exposed on the sides or how tacky they made the necklines. I just wanted a simple way (no sewing involved) to hem up the sides to narrow them in.......
Hence the DIY project came into action.
This project took maybe about an hour total (but once you do it once I have a feeling it wouldn't take that long in the future) and cost me an old t-shirt = FREE.
I went through Daddy Dotson's closet and selected this one (out of seriously like 100)!!!
See "L" -----> that's just not going to work
Flipped my shirt inside out
Cut off the bottom so the edges would roll up
When I cut the sides I wanted to make sure it would have a "girly" fit so I kinda cheated in on the waist
Did this to both sides
Then I cut fringe on each side and the bottom part of the arm
I double knotted each piece (it probably would have taken less time to sew it)
This was my end result
First side
Front.....see much more "fitted"
Second side
Obviously it's not hemmed so there will be some gaps (hence the white spot) but I think it looks cute with an undershirt on anyways.
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What an awesome idea!!! Turned out way cute :)
What a good idea. Now that is something I could do - if only I didn't NEED the large size.
Impressive! I'm a t-shirt junkie and have way too many that need a girly touch.
-stopped by from the nester party!
Looks great! I will have to try that!
this is a fantastic idea!
i now see a lot of ugly oversized t-shirts becoming my favs this summer!
This is a fabulous idea! I have loads of T-shirts that I was going to give away since they are a bit too large, but now I think I will try to make them a bit more fitted! And while it may have been faster to sew the sides, the end result is super cute! Thanks for sharing!!!!
SO cute! I'm just wondering if I would be able to do that many double knots!!
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I love your idea - saw this on Pinterest! I clicked over and found your cute, little blog! Very sweet! It WOULD take less time to sew it on a machine, but if you didn't have a machine it's certainly do-able and darling, too! I'm with you - no ugly shirts!
Becky B.
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Very cute!
LOVE this idea!!! Anything, even double knots is better than me finding my sewing machine, setting it up, trying to change the thread color ... the list goes on and on! GREAT JOB!!!
Oh my goodness. We totally used to do this in high school, but with much bigger cuts and without turning it inside out to do the knots. This looks SO much better! Thank you!
BTW, found you on pinterest as well! Cute blog!
This is awesome! I love the look of the ties. Found you through Pinterest :)
Too cute! My daughter has just recently lost a lot of weight and has a gigantic stack of ladies large and extra large tee shirts. I bet we could do this with them, as well. Just wouldn't need to cut as much out.
You're brilliant! :-)
Saw this on Pinterest as well! Love this idea!
Wow! I love this idea!!! I am seriously going to find an old tshirt of my bfs right now to try :) thank you for sharing this!!!
This makes me so happy. I was a major tomboy growing up, so I have tons of shirts that are just HUGE, but I really don't want to get rid of them. I'm saved!
great idea, but your font is KILLING me. insanely hard to read.
Wow, I love this idea!! I'm gonna do this project tonight. I have tons of t-shirts that are too big and this will make them look so cute and I can wear them in public!!! :)
Saw this idea on pinterest! Great way to downsize a T. Was wondering what you do when you wash it? Do all the knots come out?
Saw this idea on Pinterest. Great idea for an oversized T. One question - how do you wash it? Do the knows come untied?
What an awesome idea!!! I'm definately going to try it.
Awesome! Wish I knew about this when I was in college!
I've lost almost 40 lbs so this is going to be a great way to re-utilize some of my favorite shirts! Thanks a million!!!
I saw this on Pinterest also. Super cute! I have a few shirts that I may try this one.
I'm Pinterest guest. This is a great idea and I only wish I had been clever enough in high school to realize this... our camp shirts would have been so much cuter! :)
This was a great idea and I love how it looks. I think I'd rather do this than sew it even if it does take more time. Good job!
Thanks for sharing, I love no-sew ideas! I saw you on Pinterest too- thanks again.
Oh my goodness. I LOVE this shirt. I want one just like it.
You should come over to my blog (www.oopsicraftmypants.net) on Tuesday for my "tute"-in Tuesday blog party. I pick one tutorial from those who linked up and post about it/try it out myself. I SO want to try this tutorial out...So, please? :)
cute!! I also saw it on pinterest, but funny thing is my family is from Huntsville...if you live in Huntsville, AL! :) small world. I think I may try this on an old shirt, too bad I don't sew though, I have a feeling tying the fringe is quite time consuming
I am totally late on commenting on this, but I came across this on Pinterest. My husband is also a football coach and we (the other wives) we're just complaining about the t-shirts! I am going to try this out and show it off this weekend! Thanks!!!
love the idea, looks fab. found you on pinterest, but your font is horribly hard on eyes. it's like reading through superbly bad glasses.
I love this! Where I work, they ordered my shirts two sizes too big and I feel like I'm wearing a bag. And I hate sewing, so this is awesome!
i think that is way cooler tied in knots!
Awesomeness,my grandma sends me shirts way too big, which are comfy, but white so I can't wear them to sleep in.Yay.
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