Saturday Afternoon Refashion

A friend of mine was having a rainbow themed birthday party last night. This particular friend just so happens to be a burlesque performer and, given previous burlesque parties I've attended, two things would be for certain. One, someone was going to get naked, and two, the costumes would be awesome.

Given that I own nothing rainbow or rainbow-esque, I spent an hour or so in thrift stores on Saturday morning trying to find something to wear. Turns out, if I was under the age of six I would have been set, as an adult though I was out of luck. The closest thing to rainbow I found was this men's shirt.

 

Kind of rainbow-ish but way too big for me. So I pinned a well fitting sleeveless shirt over the graphic, and cut around the side edges and arm holes. I seamed the sides with a french seam since I pinned with the shirt the right side out and I didn't want to risk things getting out of alignment turning them wrong side out. I cut off the collar in an arc about 1/2" below the existing collar, then cut a curved hem at a length that I like. All the edges were then turned under and hemmed. A little roughly, I was running short on time!

To add some interest to the back I followed a tutorial I found on pinterest,  sliced and braided and voila! Interesting back!

After I'd finished I realised there was a little hole in the front (like there is on all of my own t-shirts) so I may either try to patch with a little bit of fabric on the back, or will hem to make a more cropped shirt. Either way I think I did good with the half hour I had, and as a bonus, the shirt only cost $3!