His Old Pajama Shirt = Four New Items In My Wardrobe! Part Uno

The idiom "One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure" is what come's to mind when I think of this project. The other day my husband was purging his wardrobe where I found heaps of goodies and opportunities. I leaped into the pile pulling aside all the items that shouted out DIY to me.



One of the items that caught my attention straight away was my husband old pajama shirt. I'm a big fan of tartan, something about it says "Hi I'm a pretty girl at day and a bad ass at night". Anyway, with this shirt I sketched, cut, sewed and glued together four new, trendy items to add to my ever growing wardrobe, which I have turned into 3 separate tutorials I will upload here on my blog. 

PART UNO - DIY Oversized Vest For Her

I was looking at my husbands shirt knowing the basics - I want a fashion item for Autumn (my favorite season of the year!). I then started brainstorming fashion ideas and trends in Autumn - layering opportunities and contrasting textures. I then sketched an over sized vest which creates both those ideas.

This was a seriously quick and easy DIY which has become a basic in my Autumn wardrobe, so many outfit ideas popped into my head when I saw the finished product!

 Materials You Will Need:
- His shirt that you've now claimed
- A different fabric (I chose scrap denim that I had left over from a different project)
- A ruler
- A marker
- Thread and Needle matching to the shirt.
- Pattern paper (You can use normal paper)
- Scissors







STEP ONE

I unpicked (using an unpicker) the two front pockets on the shirt.














STEP TWO

 On my paper I then traced and cut out the pockets.



















STEP THREE

Using my new template, I pinned and cut out the pockets on my denim fabric. I didn't bother over locking or seaming the edges of the denim because I was going for the more grunge look (which fraying denim gives), but if you want a more clean look on your fabric you are more than welcome to seam your edges.

















STEP FOUR

Putting the pockets aside I then continued with the shirt. I cut right along the pink dotted line indicated in the picture. Keep the sleeves because I will be uploading more tutorials on how you can create something new using them.












STEP FIVE

I then pinned and hand sewed the denim pocket where the original ones were.


















STEP SIX

I marked where the buttons are to be sewn, using the button hole on the pocket flap as guidance.
















STEP SEVEN

The final step of our oversized vest!
I then hand sewed the buttons on.

FINISHED PRODUCT!

In this picture I have matched my over sized top purchased from www.ebay.com.au

I hope this DIY has inspired you to be creative, to use an old item and make a creation of something new to suit your own personal style. 

Remember how I mentioned that this one item gave me four different items to add to my wardrobe? Stay in tune for more tutorials to come using the remaining fabric of my husbands old shirt.