More DIY

 Here's me in my home-altered shirt (see previous post for the shorts), getting ready for the Katy Perry concert (it was fantastic, if you were wondering). I also made the bangle, which I did by using red, brown, black, and orange colored sharpies to draw stripes and dots on a wooden bangle I bought at Beverly's for a few dollars.

 Here's the shirt tied in the front, also cute.

 Okay, so here's what you need: a shirt (as many sizes larger than yours as you can find; I used an XL), scissors, and bleach or dye if you want.

First, lay your shirt out flat. The shirt I used (Rite-Aid, $2.50) happened to be long as well as wide, so I cut off a few inches. Hold your shirt up to you before you cut, though, because some brands make large sizes run wide without actually making them longer, so make sure you don't cut off too much.

After it's long enough for the "points" on the sides of your shirt, mark a point on the front of the shirt where you want the shortest part of the shirt to be.

 Second, cut two curves, one in the front reaching from the bottom to the point you marked and one in the back, a little bit longer than the front curve. The reason the back is longer than the front is to get it to hang right. It's not going to cause too much of a problem if you mess up, but I like having more stomach exposed than back.

 Third, cut out the neck and sleeves. For the neck, I cut a little deeper on the front, though my neck ended up being very wide, so you could even cut it a little less. For the sleeves, I cut a diagonal line from the armpit out to the shoulders, like in the pictures. The sleeves are going to fall down so you don't want them to be too long.

Here's the shirt pre-bleach. I decided later that I wanted to do a bleach tie-dye look, so I squished it up with rubber bands, made a 50% bleach solution, and squeezed the bleach over the shirt. I let it sit until I was happy with it, then I rinsed it out and tossed it in the dryer. Looks good!