XL men's shirt to pinup halter dress- tute on pg 2!

[duckjustaduck]

so my inspiration was this dress on etsy: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22944370, and for the record, i really believe in supporting independent craftsters such as this talented lady, but i am currently unemployed and can't afford this sort of thing.
so i made this dress:



out of this shirt:



i had to double the number of buttons cause the stress on the individual buttons made it super wrinkly. i just used the extra buttons and the ones from the cuff and the neck. i sewed some of the stiff material from the cuff along the inside of the front to make it a little less wrinkly, but it is very lightweight fabric and thus still quite wrinkly- i'd love to hear suggestions about how to fix that!
i gathered the back with a little bit of scavenged elastic- oh, here's the back:



you can't really see, but the neck strap buttons in the back- i just cut the buttons off the cuff and sewed it to the strap, cause i hate sewing buttons.



much shorter than the original, but that's as long as the shirt was, and i'm lazy. anyway. you like?

[Ludi]

Extremely cute!

[zlimone]

Love the bits of collar you left, very cute!

[kat21]

That is awesome! Any chance you might do a tutorial on this one?

[superkawaii]

love that! i'm really interested in how you kept the collar pieces there....care to divulge any secrets?

[duckjustaduck]

thanks! i didn't actually leave the collar- i cut it off, cut it in half, and then attached those pieces to the top of the dress- the seam is hidden underneath where the collar folds over. i might put up some half-assed drawings in a bit.

[dayzi]

I love this! I'd love to see a tut as well.

[Seraphina_de_Sangre]

This is fantastic. I love the collar part, it complements you perfectly.

[EnginerdLisa]

Wow!  That is amazing.  I've never made a dress because darts terrify me!

[Ryskie]

Wow, that is so cute! That's the kind of dress I'm hoping to make myself for my husbands homecoming. It would be great if you did a tutorial for it! It really is awesome!