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Sewing Diy- Extend the Length of a Short Top with Lace



 

How to make your t-shirt longer. Lengthen a top with lace trim. Fix it with a t-shirt refashion makeover. mybrightideasblog.com

Have you got a great shirt that has gotten too small and you aren’t ready to say good-bye to it? Adding a bit of lace to the bottom is so easy and will make all the difference on how much longer it will work for you. Great for growing girls….also helpful for adults…I have a 100% cotton tank top that is going to have a similar extension as it now is a crop top…just from regular laundering it shrunk inches!

For this project you will need:

An awesome shirt you want to save

A piece of stretchy lace that will be as wide as the top

Sewing machine, thread, tape measure etc etc

Short Shirt needs Lengthening with Lace mybrightideasblog.com

Iron the t-shirt and the lace before you start. This lovely, shimmery, sequin butterfly top is 14  inches wide (36 cms) along the bottom seam when laying flat. So the lace would need to be 28 inches (73 cms) wide plus one extra inch (2.5 cms) for a seam allowance. Check to make sure this will be a good match in width.

Extend your top with lace trim mybrightideasblog.comFold the lace in half and sew the edges together. Turn it inside out.

Pin lace trim to a top to extend it by an inch or 2 mybrightideasblog.com

Lay the lace on the bottom of the t-shirt and decide if you would like to sew it on top of the bottom edge or underneath. My lace has a nice look to the top so it didn’t need to be hidden. Lay the lace down flat and put a pin on each end…this will help you to line up the pin to the side seams.

I pinned the lace on top of it all around the top. After I took this photo I decided that the t-shirt would be on the left of the sewing machine so all the pins needed to be turned around. Since the t-shirt and the lace have some stretch you can pull and stretch it a bit if things aren’t lining up well. After you sewed all the way around you are done. Try it on. Can you believe that only took you 10 minutes!?!? Well done!

We love this sequin butterfly top enough that we would probably cut the butterfly off and sew it onto another shirt when its just too small.

 

Easy DIY to lengthen t-shirt. Add lace to the bottom of the top so your kids can wear it another season. mybrightideasblog.com
Top made longer with Lace Sewn on mybrightideasblog.com
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