Halloween Clothing Reconstruction

I wanted to make a Halloween outfit without spending too much money for the economics themed party that was being held at some friends house. this costume is for a "slutsky equation" were the costume design gave emphasis to the first word.

I adapted the directions for triangle camisole found on this site

first you take a regular t-shirt, it can be one that fits you or not. this one made it to the pajama shirt/rag pile because it had a run in with the bleach.



second you cut off the shirt under the armpits, this tube of fabric becomes the base of the shirt now. at this point you would size the tube to fit you, in this case i did not need to make those adjustments.

third you cut out triangles from the sleeves, so you can leave the upper part of the shirt to cut 1.5 to 2 inch wide strips to make the strings that hold the shirt up.

once the triangles are cut position them on the shirt while you try it on, pin it in place and then sew it down. also before you do this you may want to hem the top part of the shirt to give it a finished look.

next you need to sew the strips together to make them long enough to tie around your neck.

once you have two long strips completed fold it around one of the triangles as shown here, pin in place and sew up the whole length of the strap to give it extra stability.

here is what one looks like, then do the same thing for the other side and you are done.

tada the finished shirt!

now what is a shirt with out a skirt??

i had this skirt, i didn't really like how it fit me and the zipper had recently broken so needless to say i never really wore it, so i decided it would be a prime target to adjust to fit me better. my goal with this skirt was to make it wider so it would fall at my hips and not my waist and shorter to fit with the Halloween theme.

here is the skirt in its original state


task one was to take of the zipper and the back seam.

then i measured about where i wanted to cut the fabric, keeping in mind the construction of a skirt where the front is a little shorter than the back by a half an inch or so.


i cut off the bottom length and pined it in place on the sides, keeping in mind the grain of the corduroy, once these were sewed in place i made a final fit adjustment and sewed the back shut. i made this a slip on skirt for ease.

then i hemmed the bottom and the raw edges on the back and voila! a new shorter wider skirt