remake mens shirts

Need help to revamp a man's dress shirt to fit a woman. How to redo the sleeves into 3/4 sleeves. Also any other ideas for refitting or embellishments to change the look. Thanks

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Pat Iverson
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How big is the shirt, what size is the woman?

Depends. Do you want to save the plackets and cuffs? If so, are they large enough to accommodate the new wearer's forearm, plus a little ease? If yes, you could remove the sleeves from the armseye, re-cut the armseye for the new wearer's size, and re-sew the sleeve. Or, you could just taper the underarm seam, cut off at the new length (plus hem allowance) and hem, maybe including a small tuck for ease.

Keep in mind, the collar is likely to be *much* too large (not an easy alteration), and the body/shoulders too wide if the man was large and the woman is small. Also, it will almost certainly need to be shortened. And to make it truly a woman's shirt, the buttonholes should be sewn shut and new buttonholes made on the right front.

Add: lace, appliqué, embroidery, beading, sequins, piping, pintucks, bias trim, different buttons, dye it, ...

What are you trying to accomplish? Are you are keeping the shirt for sentimental reasons, and just want a wearable memento? Or do you have a large supply of shirts you just want to be able to modify rather than buy new fabric?

Beverly

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BEI Design

Going waaaaay back in history, the first assignment in home ec was to take a man's shirt - probably with worn collar and cuffs - and convert it to a woman's shirt. Or girl's shirt. I don't remember all the details, but I do remember that we started by turning the shirt upside down! We cut the front and back from the front and back of the shirt, and I think we used the sleeves, shortened, and we made a new, smaller collar. It wasn't all that long after the end of WWII and lots of shortages. Oh, this also put the buttons on the "correct" side. We reused that part when we cut.

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Pogonip

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