Swing top to Girls Dress - refashion tutorial

I love a good before and after transformation so let's start with that! :) 

From a woman's swing top to..

A fun girl sized dress!!

Supplies:

Woman's sized swing top

child sized t-shirt

rotary cutter, ruler and mat

straight pins

sewing machine

Step 1: Cut the bottom of the t-shirt off to the desired length. I measured on my daugther where I wanted the waist of the dress to fall or hit on her torso. I ended up cutting off about 3 1/2".

Step 2: Cut the swing top just below the arm holes. Set the extra knit scraps from both tops aside.

Step 3: Turn the swing top inside out and place it over the t-shirt lining up the cut bottom edges. Pin the 2 edges together and sew.

Step 4: Turn right side out again and you can see the dress has taken shape! Now it's time to embellish the top. Take the extra knit and or embellishments from the swing top to use (I used a seam ripper to detatch this rosette embellishment).

Step 5: Take the largest part of the swing top scraps and cut a half circle type-ish shape to create a bib on the top. 

Cut to fit the neckline of the t-shirt. Pin into place and sew on. 

 

Add extra embellishments if desired and wear!

 I will be linking up HERE around the web this week!