Upscale, remake, repurpose, redesign…

Call it what you want but I love turning old into new again!  When I was a freshman in high school my mom got me a huge box of hand-me-downs from my cousin.  I was excited to find all these beautiful clothes except we were wearing miniskirts and these were old style and maxi skirts!  Too embarrassed to wear the outfits, I got out the sewing machine and scissors.  Every outfit was redesigned and ready to wear.  Since then everything I see I immediately remake in my mind, finding so many ways to recreate it.

 The 3 Shirts Into 1:

Today we will celebrate Pattie Lascelle, President of American Sewing Guild Prescott, AZ, and two of her “man shirt” remakes.  She is the best designer, creator, sewer, and organizer I have ever met.  She has put on several trunk shows for our club and done many sewing demonstrations.

MAN SHIRT REMAKE By Pattie Lascelle 

The Eyelet Ruffle:

Standard man's shirt that I cut the sleeves off and reset to fit my body.  I also had to take in the side seams to make the garment smaller.  I cut off the bottom of the shirt and added a wide eyelet ruffle.

The 3 Shirts Into 1:

The other one is a combination of 3 different men's shirts. The cuff from one was used as a faux pocket, the collar points were used as accents on the pockets and the back yoke. The front tab of one shirt was used down the back center.  The sleeves are a combination of all three shirts. The base shirt sleeves were cut off and replaced but had to be reset to fit my body.  After finishing the shirt, I realized it wasn't large enough thru my hips so I had to add pleats on each side to accommodate the fit.

To contact American Sewing Guild send me a message or go to www.asg.org.

Keep sewin’

Sandy