Recently, my daughter and her family came to visit for the holidays. She brought with her a dress that needed a bit of alterations. Specifically, it needed some fabric added to the backside of some lace to make it modest. I happened to have a navy blue t-shirt top that had been in my stash for a while. I had always meant to do something with it, but never got around to it. In anticipation of fabric needed, I also grabbed out of my stash, a men's henley t-shirt incase the first t-shirt wasn't going to work. Well, the first t-shirt did work. I cut off the bottom half of the shirt, which left the top embroidered piece untouched. After all of the holiday company left, I decided I wanted a little sewing perk. Looking at the two pieces, I decided they would work together to make a fun tunic.
I made cuts as shown below to the men's henley. The bottom half of the sleeves were cut and reattached to become a better length. The straight cuts up the sides left enough width to be comfortable at the hips and to provide a dropped shoulder. I didn't even cut a curved armhole. I just stitched the straight cut of the sleeve to the straight cut of the body, matching the center of the sleeve to the shoulder seam. After that, I stitched up the side seams.
