Let's Make a Tank Top

I have tons of t-shirts that I don't wear any more. Whether it be they are too big or from five years ago, they just sit in the bottom draw of my dresser looking sad. I took a lot of them from high school and cut them up to make a t-shirt quilt but that's for another post... So I took a few that were too big and chose to make a tank top to use to lounge around the house in my Nike shorts to trick people into thinking I work out. Or to use as a swimsuit cover-up. 

 

 So I started with a shirt that was too big for me. This is a large and I normally wear a small, sometimes a medium depending on the length.

 I cut the ribbed neck hole out right at the seam.

 I them measured down an inch from the middle of the neckhole. You can measure down however far you want. I did an inch and a half on my other ones I did. I just chose an inch so it wouldn't cut into the front design. Cut half way down and then flip it over to be a guide to for the other half of the neck. You don't need to do the back side of the neck.

 I also cut the sleeves off at the seams, but that part is not necessary. I hen measured two and a half inches from the neckhole and cut the arm holes down in a diagonal. 

 This is what my shirt looks like so far.

 Nest next the sleeve and cut a 2" by 8" piece of fabric.

 You can curl it up to tie around the back of the shirt. You don't have to, but it makes it easier.

Please excuse my super white back, I haven't gotten my tan on yet this summer. Tie the back with the strip of fabric. I had to knot it around several times.  

 And here's the front of the shirt! Pardon the pearls, it's my Southern roots.

And the back!! I think it turned out fabulous! I hope this works for you too!!