Make a T-Shirt Dress

October 10, 2011 by 11 Comments

This T-shirt dress does not require any sewing,  I have small kids, really small kids for their ages.  I’m small.  They are doomed.  One of the problems with being unusually petite is when we get a “group shirt” – you know the ones they wear on field trips, or to VBS, or as part of the “team” – my girls “shirts” are usually dragging well past their knees.  I can’t be the only momma with that problem.  Our solution is to re-creating too big T-shirts into T-shirt dresses.  Here is how.

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How to Convert a too-big T-Shirt into a dress:

no-sew kids TShirt Dress

First cut the sleeves off of the T-shirt.

Then cut thin slits into the folded sleeve.

Cut the sleeve on the slit side so that you have strips.

Pull the strips through the sleeve so that you have half the strips coming out of the collar and half the strips coming out the cut sleeve end.

Knot the strips tightly together.

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She still needs to wear bloomers, and it could probably be a bit smaller in the arm holes  and across the chest, but she can look like the rest of her class now – and not drag her sleeves through her plate!  I love it!

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Comments

  1. Deirdre JDaniel4's Mom says:
    October 10, 2011 at 4:59 pm

    This is a great way to reuse a favorite shirt.

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  2. Deb says:
    October 10, 2011 at 7:03 pm

    I love it. I’ve sewn the sleeves on adult muscle shirts and added a belt to make dresses for little girls. But this lets them be like everyone else and doesn’t make them look like they’re in fancy dress! Plus the practicality of being able to move their arms is great.

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  3. Olusola says:
    October 11, 2011 at 11:06 pm

    Really cool idea. I love all no-sew craft ideas

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  4. Hilary says:
    October 12, 2011 at 9:01 am

    I’ve seen tied up sleeves before, but I like your take on it.

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  5. maggy, red ted art says:
    October 13, 2011 at 1:32 pm

    Oh my that is so cute. Love it!

    Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy

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  6. Kaysi @ Keeping It Simple says:
    October 17, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    This is super cute!

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  7. nicole says:
    October 18, 2011 at 7:25 am

    cute!! i’m having a huge ($100) giveaway over at my blog and would love for you to stop by and check it out!! http://thelovelypoppy.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-follower-giveaway.html

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  8. Peggy Banks says:
    October 19, 2011 at 9:20 pm

    Love it! Please post this, and anything else you may have,in my link party at
    http://diycraftstomake.blogspot.com/

    Thanks,

    Peggy

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  9. creativejewishmom/sara says:
    October 20, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    brilliant and so cute! thanks so much for sharing this and your other projects on Craft Schooling Sunday!

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  10. misty says:
    January 28, 2013 at 1:28 am

    I am a visual person and for some reason even these instructions I can’t get..lol..is there any chance someone can post pics of each step or video..thanks so much

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