WEBVTT 00:00:00.470 --> 00:00:02.370 There is a box In every crafter’s home 00:00:02.370 --> 00:00:07.169 That is filled with old unfinished projects And stuff you thrifted in the hopes of upcycling. 00:00:07.169 --> 00:00:09.560 That becomes abandoned That becomes forgotten 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:12.350 Well this is the series that tackles that forgotten box 00:00:12.350 --> 00:00:17.180 This is The Style Pile! 00:00:20.900 --> 00:00:24.860 This is an item that’s only been in the Style Pile box for a couple of weeks now – it 00:00:24.940 --> 00:00:27.819 is a size medium men’s shirt. 00:00:27.819 --> 00:00:32.220 Luci recently took a load of his shirts to the thrift store, but me, being the hoarder 00:00:32.220 --> 00:00:36.910 that I am, saved the ones with nice fabrics to turn into cute clothes for myself! 00:00:36.910 --> 00:00:41.230 So I wanted to turn this gingham shirt into a two-piece skirt and crop-top set. 00:00:41.230 --> 00:00:45.050 First, I laid the shirt down on to my cutting mat and I removed the sleeves. 00:00:45.050 --> 00:00:47.430 And I'm going to save that sleeve fabric for later! 00:00:47.430 --> 00:00:50.870 Next, I cut this now-sleeveless shirt in half like this. 00:00:50.870 --> 00:00:54.480 The bottom half is going to be turned into a skirt! 00:00:54.480 --> 00:00:59.760 So we will focus on the skirt first. 00:00:59.760 --> 00:01:02.970 What I wanted to do first was to make the skirt fit me properly. 00:01:02.970 --> 00:01:06.750 So I turned it inside-out, leaving it buttoned-up for now, and – oh yeah! 00:01:06.750 --> 00:01:08.540 There’s a spare button here! 00:01:08.540 --> 00:01:12.040 I took that off first because the button will come in handy later! 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:15.610 Anyway, then I took my waist measurement just above my belly button. 00:01:15.610 --> 00:01:17.330 This is 33 inches. 00:01:17.330 --> 00:01:22.700 I halved this waist measurement, giving me 16.5 inches, and then lined my tape measure 00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:28.750 up with my skirt, so that the 16.5 inches is exactly in the middle of the skirt. 00:01:28.750 --> 00:01:33.650 Then I drew 2 slightly curved lines extending out from these two points, down to the folded 00:01:33.650 --> 00:01:36.650 edges of the fabric just below the point where my hips start. 00:01:36.650 --> 00:01:41.220 Then, I sewed two lines across here, using my serger to finish off the seams, although 00:01:41.220 --> 00:01:45.520 you can definitely just use a straight stitch, and finish off the seams anyway you like. 00:01:45.520 --> 00:01:47.479 Now remember the sleeves that I cut off before? 00:01:47.479 --> 00:01:49.810 I’m going to use them to make a waistband. 00:01:49.810 --> 00:01:52.200 First I cut the cuffs off the sleeves. 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:56.720 Then, I laid the sleeves out in a long straight line, like this, matching up the checkers 00:01:56.720 --> 00:01:58.260 between both of the sleeves. 00:01:58.260 --> 00:02:03.220 What I’m going to do next is to cut out a long rectangle from these pieces. 00:02:03.220 --> 00:02:08.170 The rectangle’s length is the waist measurement I took before plus 2 and a half inches (making 00:02:08.170 --> 00:02:12.810 it 35.5 inches long) and about 5 inches wide. 00:02:12.810 --> 00:02:18.200 Now because there were two sleeves the rectangle is in two pieces, so I sewed it together into 00:02:18.200 --> 00:02:22.230 one rectangle by placing these two pieces right-sides together and then sewing along 00:02:22.230 --> 00:02:24.380 this edge with a half-inch seam allowance. 00:02:24.380 --> 00:02:30.420 Now, with this one long rectangle (which has the dimensions 35 by 5 inches due to that 00:02:30.420 --> 00:02:35.400 new seam), I folded it in half lengthways like this, and I sewed down this edge, giving 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:41.170 me a tube, which I turned inside out quickly using a bodkin (and I showed you all how to 00:02:41.170 --> 00:02:45.720 use a bodkin in my last video – seriously these things are amazing and make turning 00:02:45.720 --> 00:02:48.239 tubes about one million times easier). 00:02:48.239 --> 00:02:53.510 Next, I ironed the waistband, unbuttoned and laid flat the now fitted-skirt, and then I 00:02:53.510 --> 00:02:58.000 placed the waistband down onto the waistline of the skirt, right-sides together, and I 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:00.200 sewed it onto the skirt like this. 00:03:00.200 --> 00:03:04.480 The waistband ends extend a little bit further than the edges of the skirt, so to finish 00:03:04.480 --> 00:03:09.830 them off I folded them over once, then twice, so that the edge is in line with the rest 00:03:09.830 --> 00:03:13.040 of the skirt, and then I sewed over the top to hold it in place. 00:03:13.040 --> 00:03:17.260 The next thing I had to do was to add extra buttons up the top and bottom of the skirt. 00:03:17.260 --> 00:03:22.670 So I got one of the buttons from that tag from before, I put it down on the waistband, 00:03:22.670 --> 00:03:27.190 lining it up with the other buttons, and then I hand-sewed it on using a needle and thread. 00:03:27.190 --> 00:03:31.980 The other button, I cut off one of the sleeve cuffs, and I attached that down at the bottom 00:03:31.980 --> 00:03:33.840 of the skirt. 00:03:34.980 --> 00:03:39.260 To make button holes for these buttons, first I figured out where the button hole would 00:03:39.270 --> 00:03:44.410 go, so, directly on top of the button when it’s closed and also in line with the other 00:03:44.410 --> 00:03:45.410 button holes. 00:03:45.410 --> 00:03:49.970 Then, I used my buttonhole foot on my sewing machine – as you can see here, the machine’s 00:03:49.970 --> 00:03:53.780 feed dogs are getting a little bit stuck so I'm kind of pulling it through with my hand 00:03:53.780 --> 00:03:56.780 – if your machine is healthy, that shouldn't happen! 00:03:56.780 --> 00:04:00.900 I don't know why it's happening, but anyway, I still managed to make a buttonhole and it 00:04:00.900 --> 00:04:05.849 looks like this – which I then opened up using a small, sharp pair of scissors. 00:04:05.849 --> 00:04:10.550 So the skirt is now done, the other half of the shirt I’m turning into a cute crop top 00:04:10.550 --> 00:04:11.990 with ties! 00:04:11.990 --> 00:04:15.670 I unbuttoned the top and I laid it out flat, and then I cut straight up both the side seams 00:04:15.670 --> 00:04:19.040 and the shoulder seams – but I made sure not to cut through the collar. 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:21.950 This gives me separate front and back pieces to work with. 00:04:21.950 --> 00:04:27.180 First, I decided to cut straight down the front here – and then I was like, why did 00:04:27.180 --> 00:04:29.139 I do that, that’s not anything… 00:04:29.139 --> 00:04:34.350 I’ve ruined my shirt now… so in an attempt to fix it, I sewed the cut-off pieces back 00:04:34.350 --> 00:04:35.350 on. 00:04:35.350 --> 00:04:38.360 So don't follow that part if you're trying to follow this tutorial. 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:43.620 OKAY so the ACTUAL thing that I wanted to do, to make the top fit me properly, is to 00:04:43.620 --> 00:04:49.050 lay the front pieces out flat like this, and then I grabbed a fitted top – well, actually 00:04:49.050 --> 00:04:53.520 this is a dress but I’m just going to be using the top part of the dress – I folded 00:04:53.520 --> 00:04:58.330 the top of the dress in half with the FRONT facing out, and I’m going to use just the 00:04:58.330 --> 00:05:03.300 armholes and the sides of this fitted top, NOT the neckline, as a guide to make new armholes 00:05:03.300 --> 00:05:05.290 and new sides on this gingham top. 00:05:05.290 --> 00:05:10.440 So, using this top as a guide, I’m going to cut the gingham fabric here and here. 00:05:10.440 --> 00:05:15.560 I’m adding a whole extra inch to the seam allowance around the armholes because I want 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:20.810 to do a rolled hem, and I wanted to make the gingham shirt a little bit looser fitting 00:05:20.810 --> 00:05:22.320 than this fitted demin top. 00:05:22.320 --> 00:05:27.290 I’m also angling those side lines a bit further out like THIS because I don’t want 00:05:27.290 --> 00:05:30.270 the top to be as fitted at the waist as the denim one is. 00:05:30.270 --> 00:05:34.750 Then, I folded this half of the front onto the other half, using it as a template to 00:05:34.750 --> 00:05:39.470 cut out the other half, so that the two front pieces will be identical to each other, just 00:05:39.470 --> 00:05:40.600 mirrored! 00:05:42.230 --> 00:05:46.140 I did the same thing for the back of the top, laying the denim dress down on top of it so 00:05:46.152 --> 00:05:51.009 the back of the dress is facing up, and then I used the armholes and the sides - not the 00:05:51.009 --> 00:05:56.520 neckline - to make imaginary cutting lines around the top like this, again leaving one 00:05:56.520 --> 00:06:01.360 extra one inch of seam allowance around the armholes and extra room at the sides, making 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:06.290 it kind of flare out at the bottom, which I then cut out using my rotary cutter. 00:06:06.290 --> 00:06:11.080 Next, I placed the front pieces down on top of the back piece, making sure it was right-sides 00:06:11.080 --> 00:06:14.180 together, and I sewed it back up at the shoulders. 00:06:14.180 --> 00:06:17.570 And then, once the shoulders were sewn, I matched up the sides of the front and the 00:06:17.570 --> 00:06:21.740 back pieces and then I made new side seams by sewing them together like this. 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:27.260 Then to finish off the armholes, I hemmed the raw edges of the fabric. 00:06:27.270 --> 00:06:31.580 I did this by turning the top inside-out, and then folding the fabric at the armhole 00:06:31.580 --> 00:06:32.889 down like this. 00:06:32.889 --> 00:06:37.570 Where the fabric was curved around the armhole, I made little slits in the fabric to make 00:06:37.570 --> 00:06:38.990 this hemming easier. 00:06:38.990 --> 00:06:41.430 And then I hemmed all the way around the armholes. 00:06:41.430 --> 00:06:46.270 When I was done that, I folded the hem over again to create a clean rolled hem. 00:06:46.270 --> 00:06:50.259 Lastly, I’m going to use these pieces of the sleeves that I still had leftover to make 00:06:50.259 --> 00:06:51.860 some ties at the front of the top. 00:06:51.860 --> 00:06:55.819 I laid each of these pieces underneath the front part of the top, matching the end up 00:06:55.819 --> 00:06:59.740 with the side seams, and then I cut this bit of fabric so it tapered off towards the bottom 00:06:59.740 --> 00:07:03.740 edge of the top to create a continuous line between the ties and the top. 00:07:03.740 --> 00:07:07.930 I left the fabric thicker in the middle of the tie here, instead of making it a straight 00:07:07.930 --> 00:07:12.230 rectangle, so that I’ll have a bit more coverage at the front of the top – the idea 00:07:12.230 --> 00:07:16.870 is to make the front of the top have a slightly curved hem – you’ll see what I mean soon! 00:07:16.870 --> 00:07:20.990 I then flipped this piece over, placing it right-sides together with the front of the 00:07:20.990 --> 00:07:23.919 top’s bottom edge, and I sewed it on like this. 00:07:23.919 --> 00:07:26.210 I repeated this for the other side… 00:07:26.210 --> 00:07:29.800 And now I have these two ties at the front of my top. 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:35.660 The very last step was to serge all around the raw edges, using my overlocker here, and 00:07:35.660 --> 00:07:40.010 then I folded these edges up inside the top about half an inch and I used a straight stitch 00:07:40.010 --> 00:07:41.180 to make a hem. 00:07:41.180 --> 00:07:42.400 And with that, I was done! 00:07:42.400 --> 00:07:45.020 So here’s the before and afters! 00:07:47.740 --> 00:07:51.900 [Music Plays] 00:08:14.060 --> 00:08:19.160 I think this new outfit has a very cute, flirty, summery vibe – and it’s absolutely perfect 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:21.030 for the end of summer here in Sydney. 00:08:21.030 --> 00:08:25.200 I also think that it has quite a vintage-feel and looks pretty cute when paired with red 00:08:25.200 --> 00:08:26.720 lipstick and some dramatic cat-eye eyeliner! 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:31.240 I hope that you liked this episode of the Style Pile and that it helps give you all 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:36.909 some inspiration in upcycling clothes for yourself, and tackling your own box of unfinished 00:08:36.909 --> 00:08:37.909 sewing projects! 00:08:37.909 --> 00:08:40.440 Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you all next time! 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:41.960 Bye! 00:08:46.060 --> 00:08:50.480 Thank you to all of my supporters on Patreon for making these video possible! 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:54.420 To become my Patreon supporter, go to patreon.com/annikavictoria.