DIY: how to resize a tee

I got a couple of new shirts for work the other day (we have to wear shirts with our logo) and even after I washed them, they fit me like a maternity shirt.  Pretty awkward I must say.  So I figured I'd make them fit me better AND show you how to to do it, too!

Turn your shirt inside out and lay a shirt that fits you how you like on top of the shirt to be altered.

Then mark the outline of the fitted shirt onto your new shirt.

*the sleeves of my shirt fit just fine, so I only altered the sides and left the sleeves alone.

Sew along the marks that you made onto your shirt.

Cut along the edge of the stitch.

I added a zig zag stitch for sturdiness.  If you have a serger, serge away!!

done in less than 15 mins.

Now you know where I work.

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my crafty weekend...

so it wasn't this past weekend but it still happened fairly recently...

I went to visit my niece for her 5th birthday and we spent quite a crafty day together.
first, we bought some beads and made bracelets...

which arm is the 30 year old and which is the 5 year old?
almost hard to tell except for the 30 year old has big mama veins in her hands :(

Then, we decided to buy some t-shirts and paint them for fun... it was very important to have pink, purple, and something sparkly on the shirts. So we went with sparkly paints.

kat hard at work.



our finished products.

More blogs to come... I PROMISE!!

you thought I would never post again...

not without posting this shirt I made.
A halter top made out of a t-shirt!

It took me about 30 minutes to throw together! Not too bad!

tee party.

this weekend we decided to have a tee party... it was a small group of us and we didn't take any pics because we were working so diligently on our projects but I managed to take a pic of my finished project yesterday... so here it is!

my tee tote!