Rockin' Gowns

A year ago I found a blog that totally inspired me. That first post I came across was this one where she posted a free pattern for these "rockin' baby gowns" made out of men's t-shirts. Just about the coolest thing I've ever seen. So, for the last year I told Chad he was not allowed to give any shirts to DI...I even made his brother give his shirts to me. (No force was needed he willingly gave me his DI pile.) I FINALLY found time these last two days to make them.

All of these were made out of men's medium shirts. The pattern called for a men's large or bigger. You just have to be more strategic about where you place the pattern.
This one was a button up...hence the button on the right. I was afraid to do it at first but I love how it turned out. Just challenging to work around a button that close to the edge.
I did alter the pattern a little. I made them longer because I tended to favor longer gowns when Carter was a baby. And I would rather have fold over sleeves rather than put socks on my kids hands at night when it's cold. Below you can see where I added material to the back of each sleeve to create the fold over.

Because I've been wanting to do these for so long it has been that much more satisfying to have them done. I want to make more...but I have to get other things done first.