New Old Shirt

It’s feeling more and more like fall around here which of course, means warmer clothes. Today I pulled a skirt out of the closet that’s old but I still love. I also grabbed an old long sleeve, maroon, ribbed t-shirt that matches color wise. The shirts a good 10+ years old and once I had it on I immediately felt frumpy. Ugh. Not what I was going for.

The frumpy “before” shot.

Fortunately, I had just been perusing the Alabama Stitch Book and a light bulb went off! The first project in the book is a simple shirt modification project involving a single cut down the center of a long sleeve t-shirt, some stenciling and a well placed pin. I’ll admit it took me way more time to convince myself to cut my good quality, though out of date, Woolrich shirt than it did to actually make the cut. But once I did, I was immediately pleased. I skipped the stenciling due to the ribbed nature of the fabric. Finally, I dug out a pin I had purchased in Wales 15 or so years ago and walla! A fantastic new top that isn’t frumpy in the least!