Mens shirt restyled to ladies vintage blouse pattern

This shirt was given to me by my brother, it was one he no longer liked, but was still in really good condition; thanks to his generosity the whole garment cost me less than $3.00 including buttons and pattern.

Since I was using a pattern for this restyle I cut each piece of shirt apart so that I could treat it as similar to a standard piece of (oddly shaped) fabric as possible. So really it was more starting from scratch as opposed to modifying a seam here or there on the existing garment. It meant I had to overlock all the seams etc, but in the long run I think it made it quicker and simpler to do it this way.

The pattern is a vintage dress which I cropped to finish just above the hip to make a blouse instead; Butterick 3104 - I picked it up from a charity shop for less than a dollar.

I did not learn any new techniques on this project, but did have to pivot the french dart to the waist so I could fit the pattern on the existing shirt pieces, Gertie did a great tutorial on pivoting darts if you are not familiar with the technique.

I think overall the pattern is quite different from my usual style, and so suspect if I were to do it again it would involve a whole new pattern choice, something with more shaping.

More pictures, and a step by step on the changes and thought process on my site, UtBwB.