the amazing t-shirt dress

Yesterday was another annual meeting at church.

which means new t-shirts for everyone.

But alas

I am not a fan

of typical t-shirts on ladies.

Oh sure, there are some gals who look great in a t-shirt

but most look so-so

and some

- like me -

look downright hideous.

When I was nearing 40

I finally decided I would never again wear another regular t-shirt.

I'm just not doing it.

I've got enough ugly going on all on my own;

I don't need any help from a badly cut shirt!

But

this post isn't about my shirt

(although I did re-make it

and now have

a couple of requests to fix other fashion abominations)

it's about my girls' re-makes.

Take it away, Girls

ahhh

sew much better!

perfectly normal behavior

Everyone was getting dressed to go celebrate

(a very late) 4th of July

with dear friends.

I'd made dresses for the girls

for the real deal

but was afraid they might be a bit cool once the sun went down.

Lily had other red white and blue clothes

but Lexi was lacking.

She had a t-shirt

and even a pair of red and white striped leggin's.

Problem is - the t-shirt

even though it's a definite 'girl-cut'

makes her look like a boy;

So

she needed a skirt.

Easy as Pie

(eating pie, that is, not making it)

I just chopped off the bottom of a shirt (sorry, Josiah!) at the arms

leaving several inches on the side - this was one wide short shirt!

serged what was now the top of the skirt

serged the sides together

and zig-zagged on some 7/8 inch elastic.

Took less than 10 minutes.

Everybody make clothes just minutes before walking out the door.

Right?