I love plaid, and there's lots of plaid around this season. I've been seeing these cute plaid shirts with ruffles down the front... here and there. Tina Fey wore one on 30 Rock, I've seen them in the JCPenney ads, and here's one from Banana Republic in a couple colors:
Cute, right? A fun and feminine twist on the plaid shirt that eliminates the danger of looking like a lumberjack. So when I saw this long, tunic-length plaid shirt at Marshall's on clearance for $6, I though it looked like a good candidate for a DIY version!
It was a super awkward length... I don't know who can rock the plaid tunic look, but I can't. I cut off the bottom part and cut it into bias ruffles. I zigzagged the edges to finish them just in case, and gathered one long side. I sewed two bias ruffles onto the front of the shirt. Oh, and I also hemmed the bottom in a classic shirt hem shape. And, the sleeves were HUGE so I took them in.
Ta-da!
It was fun and easy, and now I have a cute shirt to show off!
Oh, and I won't wear it with leggings like I am in this picture. I have been wearing leggings and riding boots a lot these days, with a long sweater. Super comfy but more polished than jeans.
Anyway. Are you enamored with plaid as much as I am these days? What do you think of the variations they've been doing to the basic plaid shirt?
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