ghetto sewing 101

i seriously have no clue how to sew. i took home ec. in junior high and my freshmen year of high school... i don't remember a thing. i can sew a straight line. i basically can "make" pillows, and drapes. bee on the other hand is AMAZING!! she can whip anything out in nothing flat! (she's so talented)

 here's the deal, i bought 2 button up shirt's from the Talbot's red sale. i got them for $7.99,...what a STEAL! the only glitch is you can't return them. (all sales final) so, when i got the shirts they were too big!! they looked like a box. very unflattering. i was going to take them in to a seamstress...but, i have 4 chicken's and zero time!  i decided to take the plunge and do it myself!

 here is my jerry rigged sewing project, if it floats your boat...try it out! it totally worked and i can't wait to wear them in the fall! (with my camel wool skirt and brown sling back's)

ghetto sewing 101:

how to tailor a shirt

this is so bad.

i took a measuring tape and measured 2 inches up

both sides of the shirt.

i pinned all the way up to the arm pit.

i then tried it on very carefully.

it fit like a glove!!

(if you need to take it in more. just take it off and re-pin)

i started sewing at the arm pit of the sleeve.

i then sewed out to the pins and sewed in a straight line to the bottom.

then on the other side i had to start at the bottom

 (because its a right hand machine...are they all right hand machines? :$)

and sewed up to the arm pit of the sleeve!

tada...it fits like a glove!!!

i hope this made sense.

i am super stoked it actually worked!

now, i don't have to get rid of some of my shirts!

moddy