Hide that Decolletage! Sewing Thursday

HA ha, there's your word for the day, a fancy word for cleavage. ;)

Alright, so what does that mean? I love to get shirts at my local thrift stores, my favorite is Deseret Industries. I always find something good there. So I found this awesome shirt there and paid 2 bucks for it, my knowledgeable friend informed me that it is a tuxedo shirt and you can buy them at Dooney's. I said, thanks but I just paid 2 bucks at D.I. he he

Any way... The problem is that it dips down too much in the front so I have to wear a tank top underneath it, but if you didn't know, it's been like 112 degrees here in vegas and that is too many layers to wear. So, I decided to make my flashy shirt into a not so flashy shirt, and it was so easy!!! Now I will do this to all my annoying shirts.

Ok, so here is my shirt, super cute huh? I didn't try it on for you because you don't need to see my decolletage. he he

So I pulled out an old white t-shirt that has some stains on it but the neckline looks good.

 I stuck it underneath the shirt so I could see how far up I wanted it to come. Then I cut out the triangle to fit inside my shirt with about an inch of extra fabric. TIP: Cut it bigger than you need so if you mess it up you can move it or whatever you need to. TIP: Look at the direction of the fabric weave, I didn't really look at it and then I got done and it was going diagonal instead of up and down like it should. I'm sure none one else would notice but it bugged me.

Flip your shirt inside out and arrange the insert where you want it. You could pin it and check it, you know the "safe way" so it comes out good, or you could throw caution to the wind and just have at it like me. and then have to do it again because it looked messed up.

Next, give your little one a peeled peach to eat while you sew this up. Make sure to put a couple bibs on them.

I just did a simple stitch. Now, I used white thread but my shirt is two layers in the front and it had a ruffle that I stitched under. If I was doing this on another shirt I would use the same color thread as the shirt and I would stitch in the same stitches as the shirt's neckline.

And here it is!!! I then trimmed off the extra and put it on. Then I realized that I had made it too big so I pulled the thread out, adjusted it and sewed it again. Really this project takes about 20 minutes if you do everything right. Sadly the peach only lasted 5 minutes so it only helped for a little while.

And here I am, flaunting my awesome shirt and not my decolletage. 

Sweet huh?

Give Away Thursday!!!

In order to thank all my buds who have been checking out my blog I am doing a give away!!! I'm sneaky though, you have to leave a comment on this post, ON THURSDAY!! So I can see how many people look at my blog and want a freebie on that day.

You will win an Awesome Comfy Hat!!!

On Friday I will pick the winner by random and that person will get a comfy chic hat in their choice of colors.
                       So leave a comment and good luck!!!