Saturday, July 13, 2013

how to turn a regular shirt into a high-low crop top

what you need:
  • a shirt you don't mind cutting
  • scissors
  • a pencil

what you do:
  • decide whether you want to leave the sleeves or cut them off too
  • since we're cutting the shirt into a crop, I don't recommend cutting the sleeves off too low, that might look odd and there might not be a lot of fabric left between your arms and where we are going to cut
  • plus, whenever you cut shirts or any cotton fabric, keep in mind that the ends are going to roll in, so always measure an extra cm or two
  • since this shirt is really loose and not fitted at all, I decided to cut off the sleeves
  • in order to avoid cutting too low, I simply cut right along the seam line there
  • then pull the fabric, so it rolls in and looks more neat and you don't have to worry about cutting in a perfectly straight line
  • put on your shirt and decide where you want the highest and lowest point to be
  • mark these points on front and back of the shirt and then connect them with a wavelike line
  • keep the low and the hight part pretty wide and the "fall" pretty short
  • don't forget: whereever you cut, pull the fabric a little; if you don't know what's this supposed to look like, check out my DIY muscle tee from an old tshirt post. It's similar to this one plus I made a video for it :)










 

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