Dress Of The Day with Angela

  H &M label. I bought this large man's shirt from St Luke's shop in Hatch End. Why? The shirt  was large. Why did I buy it?  Because I loved the colour. It was new to me, a change  cheap at £1.  I had various thoughts of what to do with it. 1 I could turn it into a tunic or dress. Turn it indide out and make it tighter down both sides. Cut off excess fabric to make a belt. Turn it into s caftan by slitting the sides. Remove the sleeves. Make two vertical lines of stitching. Remove the collar to make a V neck. 2 Make a smaller blouse.  3 Give it to my husband or son.  4 Or use the fabric for a hair band, belt, and choker, or cravat.  5 Or a shoulder bag or tote bag.  6 Or a scarf,  7 Cover a baseball cap.  8 Make simple large square patch pockets on a multi colour thin jscket.  9 Remove the buttons and sew up the buttonholes, add shoulder pads, to make an edge to edge duster coat. I had it in an untidy pile of items to be a...