Hello Everyone!
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Get set for an easy refashion that you can do with those crop or too short t-shirts that are not age appropriate for anyone with less than a perfect stomach. Call me a prude, but I don’t think anyone should show their stomach unless they are at the beach, but that is my humble opinion.
Here is the fun, carefree after, a great floral t-shirt given new life with a gathered peplum. The necklace is a refashion as well. It is made of two short necklaces clipped together to make a fantastic new longer version!:
The original floral top actually came to the waist, but unless I wore high rise jeans (no mom jeans allowed! Ever!) my stomach would show every time I moved. Adding a quick peplum was the perfect solution!
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Following is the tutorial on how I did it all:
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I found this lovely piece at the local Goodwill. It was half price tag plus my senior discount of 10%. “Ka ching!” The fabric was heavy, and in wonderful shape, but as I mentioned the length was just a little too short.
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The very same day I found this extra large, gauzy, and stretchy T that would be a perfect fabric choice to create a peplum. Here you can see that I have cut off the bottom. I had determined the length needed for my peplum and and cut the panel. Of course I made sure to add enough for seam allowance.
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The next step was to make a long gathering stitch across the top, pull the threads, and arrange the gathers evenly across the panel to match the bottom measurement of the floral shirt.
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The final step was to pin the peplum on the floral T. I only made 1 row of regular stitching along the existing hemline stitching to attach it. That was it! I used the existing hemline of both pieces so no other stitching was necessary.
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The Necklace:
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I had these two necklaces in my closet. The one on the left was a peridot chip and the one on the right was a charm choker. “Choker” here is the operative word. Maybe “Back in the day” but now I really don’t like anything too close around the neck. It is just not comfortable for me anymore. I have been adding chain extensions to loosen up a lot of my old shorter versions but here is an easy way to make a long one out of two necklaces.
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