Comments on: Activity #229: Upcycle a boyish tshirt for a girl

By: Padmini

Padmini — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:53:16 +0000

This is awesome! I can’t wait to do this for my daughter. I have the daughter, the t-shirt, the regular thread and the sewing machine. Where can I get elastic thread?

By: mary

mary — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:59:24 +0000

That totally makes sense for me if it’s for, say, an 11 year old who really wants stylish clothes, or when they’re old enough for figures to have different shapes, but toddler girls and boys can happily both wear normal ol’ beatles t-shirts without the girl having to be more stylish or tailored.

By: Nicola

Nicola — Mon, 09 May 2011 04:01:53 +0000

It’s only recently that I’ve even realised that there is a difference between boys/mens and girls/womens tees….I know I must walk round with my eyes shut. I always just assumed it was my terrible figure that made tees look awful on me and not that it was cut for a man. Now I know different and have been taking some tentative steps into the world of upcycling. I’m loving the buzz I get from taking something plain and making it into a work of art !!!

By: Kymberlee

Kymberlee — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:27:24 +0000

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I’m about to start a tie dye project with my six kids and I wanted a way to make the boys t-shirts more girlie and this will be perfect. I couldn’t find a tutorial for it and thanks to you now I can!

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By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:56:25 +0000

never knew I could load elastic, thanks this opens up a world of possibilities! Also this is a perfect fit I have an older son and younger daughter!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:50:45 +0000

Love this idea! My 15-month old girl still does not have very much hair. Her aunt (my little sister) is a high school athlete, and I sport Bristol in team t-shirts for games and everyone thinks she is a boy! This seems like the perfect solution! All I need now is access to a sewing machine!

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By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:27:42 +0000

I did this only a *little* different… I bought a woman’s small t & skipped down to just sewing around the middle and I’m in love with the results!

Now, if I can get my little princess to let me take a photo, I’ll be blogging about it soon!

By: Janelle Sorensen

Janelle Sorensen — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:42:55 +0000

Awesomeness! I was just doing a google search to find ideas for turning my old t-shirts into dresses/tunics for my daughters – and came across your post. I’m going to have to bring the side seams in, but this will be such an easy way to give the shirt a little more definition. Rock on, Whitney!

By: MomK

MomK — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:15:21 +0000

That is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen! Great job! I’m gonna try this!

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:30:09 +0000

I did it!

http://hearthspace.blogspot.com/2009/10/t-shirt-redo.html