A few days ago I stumbled across the "daddy shirt" dress idea in the blog of a lady called Cheytown, and it looked so easy I couldn't resist. So yesterday I went to the thrift store, and found a nice men's shirt since they were having a 50% off sale. The shirt cost $2.99 total, and the lace was something 54¢ total. By cutting the buttoned piece down lower from the shirt, and strategically shortening the yoked piece to match (look just above the hemline there), I was able to utilize the ready-made hem and save myself a LOT of headache. To make the straps, I ignored the "use the sleeve caps" idea, and just cut the hem (is that the right word?) of the shirt's sleeves off right next to the seam, then used those to fold over the edge of the lace and stitch down with a single seam, so they were literally NO extra work at all. On the whole, the entire project was very quick and easy, and I look forward to making a few more soon.
If you are interested, there is also a neat idea here at Livyloo's Blog for Matching Capri Pants.
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