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There is a box
In every crafter’s home

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That is filled with old unfinished projects
And stuff you thrifted in the hopes of upcycling.

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That becomes abandoned
That becomes forgotten

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Well this is the series that tackles that
forgotten box

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This is The Style Pile!

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This is an item that’s only been in the
Style Pile box for a couple of weeks now – it

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is a size medium men’s shirt.

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Luci recently took a load of his shirts to
the thrift store, but me, being the hoarder

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that I am, saved the ones with nice fabrics
to turn into cute clothes for myself!

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So I wanted to turn this gingham shirt into
a two-piece skirt and crop-top set.

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First, I laid the shirt down on to my cutting
mat and I removed the sleeves.

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And I'm going to save that sleeve fabric for
later!

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Next, I cut this now-sleeveless shirt in half
like this.

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The bottom half is going to be turned into
a skirt!

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So we will focus on the skirt first.

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What I wanted to do first was to make the
skirt fit me properly.

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So I turned it inside-out, leaving it buttoned-up
for now, and – oh yeah!

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There’s a spare button here!

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I took that off first because the button will
come in handy later!

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Anyway, then I took my waist measurement just
above my belly button.

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This is 33 inches.

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I halved this waist measurement, giving me
16.5 inches, and then lined my tape measure

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up with my skirt, so that the 16.5 inches
is exactly in the middle of the skirt.

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Then I drew 2 slightly curved lines extending
out from these two points, down to the folded

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edges of the fabric just below the point where
my hips start.

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Then, I sewed two lines across here, using
my serger to finish off the seams, although

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you can definitely just use a straight stitch,
and finish off the seams anyway you like.

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Now remember the sleeves that I cut off before?

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I’m going to use them to make a waistband.

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First I cut the cuffs off the sleeves.

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Then, I laid the sleeves out in a long straight
line, like this, matching up the checkers

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between both of the sleeves.

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What I’m going to do next is to cut out
a long rectangle from these pieces.

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The rectangle’s length is the waist measurement
I took before plus 2 and a half inches (making

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it 35.5 inches long) and about 5 inches wide.

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Now because there were two sleeves the rectangle
is in two pieces, so I sewed it together into

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one rectangle by placing these two pieces
right-sides together and then sewing along

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this edge with a half-inch seam allowance.

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Now, with this one long rectangle (which has
the dimensions 35 by 5 inches due to that

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new seam), I folded it in half lengthways
like this, and I sewed down this edge, giving

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me a tube, which I turned inside out quickly
using a bodkin (and I showed you all how to

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use a bodkin in my last video – seriously
these things are amazing and make turning

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tubes about one million times easier).

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Next, I ironed the waistband, unbuttoned and
laid flat the now fitted-skirt, and then I

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placed the waistband down onto the waistline
of the skirt, right-sides together, and I

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sewed it onto the skirt like this.

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The waistband ends extend a little bit further
than the edges of the skirt, so to finish

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them off I folded them over once, then twice,
so that the edge is in line with the rest

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of the skirt, and then I sewed over the top
to hold it in place.

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The next thing I had to do was to add extra
buttons up the top and bottom of the skirt.

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So I got one of the buttons from that tag
from before, I put it down on the waistband,

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lining it up with the other buttons, and then
I hand-sewed it on using a needle and thread.

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The other button, I cut off one of the sleeve
cuffs, and I attached that down at the bottom

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of the skirt.

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To make button holes for these buttons, first
I figured out where the button hole would

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go, so, directly on top of the button when
it’s closed and also in line with the other

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button holes.

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Then, I used my buttonhole foot on my sewing
machine – as you can see here, the machine’s

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feed dogs are getting a little bit stuck so
I'm kind of pulling it through with my hand

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– if your machine is healthy, that shouldn't
happen!

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I don't know why it's happening, but anyway,
I still managed to make a buttonhole and it

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looks like this – which I then opened up
using a small, sharp pair of scissors.

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So the skirt is now done, the other half of
the shirt I’m turning into a cute crop top

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with ties!

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I unbuttoned the top and I laid it out flat,
and then I cut straight up both the side seams

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and the shoulder seams – but I made sure
not to cut through the collar.

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This gives me separate front and back pieces
to work with.

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First, I decided to cut straight down the
front here – and then I was like, why did

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I do that, that’s not anything…

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I’ve ruined my shirt now… so in an attempt
to fix it, I sewed the cut-off pieces back

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on.

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So don't follow that part if you're trying
to follow this tutorial.

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OKAY so the ACTUAL thing that I wanted to
do, to make the top fit me properly, is to

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lay the front pieces out flat like this, and
then I grabbed a fitted top – well, actually

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this is a dress but I’m just going to be
using the top part of the dress – I folded

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the top of the dress in half with the FRONT
facing out, and I’m going to use just the

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armholes and the sides of this fitted top,
NOT the neckline, as a guide to make new armholes

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and new sides on this gingham top.

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So, using this top as a guide, I’m going
to cut the gingham fabric here and here.

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I’m adding a whole extra inch to the seam
allowance around the armholes because I want

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to do a rolled hem, and I wanted to make the
gingham shirt a little bit looser fitting

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than this fitted demin top.

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I’m also angling those side lines a bit
further out like THIS because I don’t want

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the top to be as fitted at the waist as the
denim one is.

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Then, I folded this half of the front onto
the other half, using it as a template to

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cut out the other half, so that the two front
pieces will be identical to each other, just

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mirrored!

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I did the same thing for the back of the top,
laying the denim dress down on top of it so

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the back of the dress is facing up, and then
I used the armholes and the sides - not the

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neckline - to make imaginary cutting lines
around the top like this, again leaving one

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extra one inch of seam allowance around the
armholes and extra room at the sides, making

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it kind of flare out at the bottom, which
I then cut out using my rotary cutter.

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Next, I placed the front pieces down on top
of the back piece, making sure it was right-sides

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together, and I sewed it back up at the shoulders.

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And then, once the shoulders were sewn, I
matched up the sides of the front and the

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back pieces and then I made new side seams
by sewing them together like this.

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Then to finish off the armholes, I hemmed
the raw edges of the fabric.

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I did this by turning the top inside-out,
and then folding the fabric at the armhole

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down like this.

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Where the fabric was curved around the armhole,
I made little slits in the fabric to make

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this hemming easier.

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And then I hemmed all the way around the armholes.

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When I was done that, I folded the hem over
again to create a clean rolled hem.

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Lastly, I’m going to use these pieces of
the sleeves that I still had leftover to make

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some ties at the front of the top.

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I laid each of these pieces underneath the
front part of the top, matching the end up

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with the side seams, and then I cut this bit
of fabric so it tapered off towards the bottom

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edge of the top to create a continuous line
between the ties and the top.

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I left the fabric thicker in the middle of
the tie here, instead of making it a straight

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rectangle, so that I’ll have a bit more
coverage at the front of the top – the idea

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is to make the front of the top have a slightly
curved hem – you’ll see what I mean soon!

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I then flipped this piece over, placing it
right-sides together with the front of the

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top’s bottom edge, and I sewed it on like
this.

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I repeated this for the other side…

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And now I have these two ties at the front
of my top.

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The very last step was to serge all around
the raw edges, using my overlocker here, and

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then I folded these edges up inside the top
about half an inch and I used a straight stitch

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to make a hem.

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And with that, I was done!

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So here’s the before and afters!

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[Music Plays]

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I think this new outfit has a very cute, flirty,
summery vibe – and it’s absolutely perfect

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for the end of summer here in Sydney.

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I also think that it has quite a vintage-feel
and looks pretty cute when paired with red

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lipstick and some dramatic cat-eye eyeliner!

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I hope that you liked this episode of the
Style Pile and that it helps give you all

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some inspiration in upcycling clothes for
yourself, and tackling your own box of unfinished

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sewing projects!

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Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you all
next time!

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Bye!

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Thank you to all of my supporters on Patreon
for making these video possible!

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