Sewing Projects: Ruffled Shirt Refashion

It's time for another thrift store find refashion. I bought this shirt at Goodwill almost a year ago with the intension of refashioning the sleeves, and now I'm finally getting around to working on it. This is how it started out:

I really liked the collar but wasn't so excited about the three-quarter length sleeves. I wanted to shorten them so they hit just above the elbow. The cuffs had these adorable little fabric-covered buttons on them and I didn't want to lose that detail. I had to figure out a way to include them in the refashioned cuff, so I cut the cuffs off the bottom of the sleeve and then sewed them back on the newly shortened sleeve to get this:

And here's the final look: