I’m not a fan of turtlenecks. I have never been. So when I go shopping, I don’t even look at them. Well one day I was at Target and happened to look at some turtlenecks that were on clearance for $3.00. I had a 20% off coupon from here, making them $2.40. Then I remember that someone had refashioned a turtleneck from my MMM party.
This is what I made:
This is how I made it:
1) I took a turtle neck
2) I cut off the neck part.
3) Then I cut a v-neck out of the shirt
4) I then took some white fabric (from an turtleneck) and pinned it and then sewed the v-neck edge.
5) I’m not a big fan of long sleeves, unless they go well past my wrist, so I cut the sleeves to 3/4 sleeves. I then hemmed the edges
Here’s what it looks like now, much better!
6) I used the left over fabric from the neck and made some rosette flowers and glued them on.
And just like that I have a cute shirt that only cost $2.40!
I liked it so much that I went and bought several more. Then one I did the exact same thing but instead of rosettes, I made circle flowers with a zig zag edge.
You can find the tutorial for these flowers here
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These look great, amazing transformation!
I was so thinking about doing this with a turtle neck dress I have. This is super helpful!!
I love it! I have to go to town today, so I may swing by Target and see if I can find one! 🙂
Those are so cute! I hate turtlenecks too, this is a great way to re-fashion them.
Cool!
The shirt turned out great! Jill from Made it on Monday is the one who did this shirt 🙂
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Wow Kaysi! That is such a great idea! My MIL is teaching me how to sew right now, but I will be lucky when I can do a straight line! I will have to keep updated on your blog! xoxo Emily
My kids have a ton of turtle necks that they refuse to wear. This is a perfect way to put those shirts back in circulation!
You make it looks so easy! Thanks for the tutorial – I'll be sure to try it!
Hi Kaysie, that is amazing what you did. Love the flowers and the way you sliced of the neck to make a summary top. GREAT!
xxx Monica
Super cute! I actually just bought the gray shirt myself! I'm definitely going to cutify it now. I love that you made the little rosette flowers out of the extra fabric.
I did the same thing! That is so funny because I saw another blog that had the gray and white shirt too! Creative minds think alike!
here are two shirts I have made out of a turtleneck….http://delilahthomas.blogspot.com/search/label/clothes
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I did much the same thing with a round neck t-shirt that I loved but couldn't wear because round necks just don't suit me.
I trimmed it into a v-neck and then stay-stitched it all the way around the neck, because I didn't think it would keep its shape otherwise.
Turned out almost a good as yours and I love it.
Claire from http://handmadebyclairebear.com