A No-Sew Hawaiian Shirt to Dress Refashion & Thrifting in Hawaii!

I would apologize for being MIA this past week, except I’m kinda not sorry.  😉  You see, I’ve been here:

When my pal Ryan asked if I’d like to join him on a trip to Kailua, Hawaii for a friend’s wedding, I couldn’t say no!  

I’d never been to Hawaii, and I needed to get away for a bit.  🙂  

What am I saying? I always say “I need to get away for a bit.”  The truth is, I love to travel more than just about anything else in the world and will make up just about any excuse to do it!  🙂

Of course, I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t drag my pal to the nearest thrift shop right away!  😉

 I was surprised at how typical it was.  You can’t even tell this is in Hawaii:

I found a few things to play with & Refashion.  🙂  One of these things was this Men’s 3x shirt!

Okay, I failed to take any “during” pics, so I’m just gonna have to explain this one.  

I made the neck hole the top of my new dress by tucking the collar in and buttoning up the shirt as far as I could under my arms.  

Next, I added a safety pin inside to make sure it was nice ‘n snug.

THEN, I tucked the sleeves in to make funky faux pockets.  🙂

And here it is!

You can see how I’ve cinched the waist of my new frock with one of my favorite thrifted belts.  I even had a cute pineapple necklace I scored the week before at a local theatre’s costume sale!

My new dress was comfortable as could be and got tons of compliments from people who had no idea that it was actually a shirt…until I told them of course!  I keep no refashion secrets!

Ryan and I had an amazing time checking out Oahu!

We ate some amazing local grub!

We even made some new friends!

And the view from our house just couldn’t be beat.

New-Sew refashions can be great for traveling.  

I didn’t even end up keeping this shirt, as I always pack extremely light and didn’t have any room in my luggage.  So, I just laundered it and re-donated it.  More money for charity AND I had a cute new dress for the day!  

What a win/win!

Cheers!