Anthropologie Western Shirt Refashion Tutorial
August 26, 2009 7:49 pmI love all these tops from Anthropologie.
I also love that Western boots are coming back in! Anyhow, I wouldn’t want to spend a lot of money on one of theses shirts because it’s a trendier item, so I decided to do a refashion and a tutorial for it!
I also love that Western boots are coming back in! Anyhow, I wouldn’t want to spend a lot of money on one of theses shirts because it’s a trendier item, so I decided to do a refashion and a tutorial for it!
Here is the shirt I started with. It’s a men’s J. Crew shirt.
I just used another shirt I had that I liked the fit of to cut out my desired shape.
Here it is after I cut it out. Sew the sides together.
Now take the original sleeves. We are going to gather them at the tops so they are puckered. I mark with pins where I want to gather them.
Now I ruffle them in my machine. Here’s how they look.
Pin the sleeves to the shirt’s arm holes, right sides of the fabric facing together.
Sew or serge them to the shirt. Here’s what you’ll have. It’s cute on it’s own just like this!
But I wanted to add sleeve pick ups. So I took some of my letover fabric and made two strips.
Fold them in half and iron them. Then sew them inside out. After sewing them, turn them rightside out.
Fold your sleeves up to the length where you want the pick up to be.
Pin the pick up inside the shirt and sew it in place.
Now measure where you want your button to be.
I got these awesome gentleman’s buttons and attached them per the instructions on the package.
Next you need to mark the pickup where you need to do a button hole. Then sew the buttohole on the pickup.
Voila!
Here’s the shirt! What I love about it is that it’s a masculine print, but with the puckered sleeves, the pickup and the bright button, it become very feminine.
The back is so nicely fit.
The sweet sleeves.
The sweet sleeves.
Here I am with it belted.
And the back. I’m working on another western refashion, too! I hope you enjoy this one!
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By umama on Aug 26, 2009 | Reply
I love the little details.. the ruffles and the gold buttons! Gorgeous!
By Laura Gerencser on Aug 26, 2009 | Reply
Great details! Looks good on you!!
By Disney on Aug 26, 2009 | Reply
Can't wait to try this!!
By dana on Aug 26, 2009 | Reply
So simple, SO Perfect! I love it.
By Pranita on Aug 26, 2009 | Reply
Oh, this is so great! For the past week, I've been refashioning a shirt (inside my head) in almost the same style (thought of the pickups but not the ruffles). I love how yours looks, and am inspired to actually make mine!
By haniekunie on Aug 27, 2009 | Reply
i can't do the sleeve ruffles by using my mom's old sewing machine.. your clothes refashion always make me smile
By Lila on Aug 27, 2009 | Reply
LOVE IT! I just did an Anthropologie copy of my own… learned a lot! Check it out at http://nickandlilajames.blogspot.com/2009/08/lessons-learned.html
By Emily on Aug 27, 2009 | Reply
I love this shirt! I have got to get the gumption up to do one of my own.
By Happy Together on Aug 27, 2009 | Reply
It looks so great on you!
By Edith-Nicole (with a Child!) on Aug 27, 2009 | Reply
Super cute. I don't make things but your tutorials are still valuable because now I know what a "pick up" means in sewing-speak so I can impress people (who sew) at cocktail parties.
By Amanda on Aug 27, 2009 | Reply
Looks awesome! Wish I could rock a belt like you do.:)
By casserole on Aug 27, 2009 | Reply
Fabulous!!! I love the gathers at the top of the sleeves!
I posted a link to your tutorial on Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-mans-dress-shirt-to-womans-fitted-western-shirt/2009/08/27/
–Anne
By homemade grits on Aug 28, 2009 | Reply
this is my favorite! love the equestrian feel. perfect!
By Natasha on Aug 28, 2009 | Reply
That is absolutely wonderful!
By Jody on Aug 28, 2009 | Reply
This is awesome! I am bang into western style chequered shirts atm so I definately wana try this out, now to find a cheap mans chequred shirt…
By Spangled on Aug 28, 2009 | Reply
I think a great variation on this would be changing a flashier western shirt from a thrift store… one of those brightly colored ones with pearlized snaps and embroidery.
By A glance at my world on Aug 28, 2009 | Reply
Love it!
By Carly on Aug 29, 2009 | Reply
Perfect timing! My mother remarked that my dad needs to pare down his dress shirts this week…. I told her I was calling dibs and now I have a project. So clever – thanks!
By Anonymous on Aug 29, 2009 | Reply
So cute!! After reading this blog I stopped by Anthro and Fossil and saw the same style shirts! they are EVERYWHERE! love it!! so cute
By ironik on Sep 1, 2009 | Reply
I fall in love with this! what can I say, iy's just great!!
By sekerbulutu on Sep 2, 2009 | Reply
i love it:)
By abitofanenthusiast on Sep 8, 2009 | Reply
Found your tute via Craftzine today; it's great! Thanks for sharing!
By Kellie on Sep 8, 2009 | Reply
Awesome!
By Elisabet on Oct 9, 2009 | Reply
this is the refashion I was looking for!!! my favourite , so simple but chic..I will try later on this…thanks
By Emcee on Oct 25, 2009 | Reply
I tried this tutorial. I think you should add to make sure the shirt you use as a pattern is a similar fabric as the refashion shirt. I used a t as my pattern and didnt take into account the stretching it does across the chest(I am quite busty). Long story short–ruined my shirt
By Emily on Dec 17, 2009 | Reply
I'm excited to try this tutorial but I had a question. Do you use a seam ripper to take off the sleeves or do you just cut them off?
By Megan on Jan 9, 2010 | Reply
Love this! Where did you get your belt?