Project 1: The No-Sew Drape Vest

After setting this whole thing up yesterday, I went out to do some shopping and visited one of my favorite stores: Hobby Lobby. I loooove Hobby Lobby. I could spend all day (and my whole paycheck) in there, but no worries--I was probably only in there for an hour and very minimal money was spent.

While I was browsing the store, I came across a rack of solid colored t-shirts and remembered a project I had seen on Pinterest. Someone used a large men's t-shirt and made some cuts and it magically became a cute women's vest. Best of all, it requires NO sewing! The only sewing that I do is sewing a button or stitching up a hole in something. So anyway, I saw that these t-shirts were only $3.99 and thought that was cheap enough that if I fail, I won't feel bad about spending the money. I got really excited when I got up to the register and it was 30% off! So my $4 project was reduced to $2.79. Score!

I got home and got right to work. Here's how it went down: (Please excuse the picture quality. I know I said I was going to dig out my digital camera, but I didn't. So I just used my cell phone. and I recently got a new laptop and have no photo editing software... or if I do, I don't know where it is...)

Step 1: find a t-shirt. 

The original site said to use an XL, but they didn't have an XL in brown, so I got a L. It seemed to work ok. I think it just needs to be a couple sizes bigger than what you would wear. (and yes, I am using my ironing board for a table.)

Step 2: cut off the sleeves. 

Step 3: cut off the collar in a half circle. 

You can see that my cutting skills are fantastic (not). 

(the pink blob in the background is a towel that one of my cats likes to lay on. long story. don't ask.)

Step 4: cut straight up the sides so that it opens like this. 

Step 5: put on your vest. 

So, this is what it looks like. The hole from where you cut the collar is where your arms go through.

The back looks like this.

I think it turned out pretty well. It'll be cute to layer over a long-sleeve t-shirt with jeans and boots this fall! (no I did not wear it with my sun dress.)

Final thoughts: this was SO simple. My only concern is what's going to happen to it when I wash it since the portions that I cut have not been hemmed (or whatever the correct sewing term is). Maybe I'll just be reeeeeally careful when I wear it so I never have to wash it... 

Anyway, I'm adding a link to the original one that I saw. She includes a video that shows exactly how to do it. Click here to watch. 

On a completely unrelated note, the time stamp on here is 3 hours behind. Does anybody know how to fix it???