How To Make a Dog Dress Shirt Collar From an Upcycled Shirt
For all dog lovers, this DIY dog dress shirt dog collar is the cutest thing ever, and there is no sewing required.
They are super simple to make and only take a few minutes to whip up.
Dog dress shirt collar – MATERIALS & ITEMS NEEDED
All you need is a
- dress shirt
- measuring tape
- a pair of fabric scissors
Dog dress shirt collar – INSTRUCTIONS
1- The first thing that you’ll want to do is measure your dog’s neck.
You want to make sure that the shirt is going to fit
This collar fits my… Border Collie has quite a big neck, and it was a men’s extra large shirt.
If you go to the thrift store or consignment to buy a shirt, you’ll want to make sure that you take a measuring tape so you can measure the shirt neck.
If you have a small dog, you can go into the boy’s section and get a boy’s dress shirt.
These dress shirt collar would also be really cute for your cat.
Choosing the right kind of dress shirt.
The shirt needs to have this little strip of fabric between the collar and shirt.
Some dress shirts will have the collar go straight down to the shoulder fabric.
You’ll need to have this little strip of fabric for the collar to work.
This is so simple. You’re basically just going to cut the collar off.
But where you cut it is important!
Cut just below the folded edge of that top stitching on the neck tab.
Make sure that you’re not cutting into the other piece of fabric, or it will fray out.
And if you accidentally cut into that collar tab, there’s always Fray Check that works well.
You can even launder fabric that you’ve applied with Fray Check on it, and it won’t fray.
So, I have an upcycling tip for you. Most of you know that I love to upcycle fabric and recycle things.
I loved the fabric of this shirt. It’s still in really good condition, and it’s a really lovely piece of cotton fabric that will be great for all kinds of projects.
This shirt made a really cute dog dress shirt collar, but let me show you what I’ve done with the leftover shirt fabric.
I do have a tutorial showing you how to organize and store pieces of fabric.
How to dismantle a shirt for fabric use.
1- Cut off the sleeves at the shoulder.
2- Cut down the sleeve seam.
3- Open up the front and back of the shirt by cutting down the side seams.
Storing upcycled shirt fabric
Spread out the pieces of fabric and fold into a rectangular shape.
Take these paper comic boards, wrap the fabric pile around them, and clip them in place with these little clips or a pin.
So, if you have a good shirt and the fabric is still in good condition, SAVE IT and put it in your fabric stash.
Go through your closets and find a cute dress shirt you no longer love or are ready to part with.
If you don’t have a shirt to use, there’s always the thrift store or consignment shops.
Tad-ah, that’s it!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Let me know if you have any questions.
Jan Howell
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Most likely, you know that I’m a big fan of recycling and upcycling clothing. You can use the sleeve of an existing long sleeve top. Look through your closet and see if you have any sportswear (long-sleeved jackets, swim tops, etc) that have a high content of the synthetic and stretchy fabric.
5- Fold the cuff in half horizontally and line up the cut edges and seam.
6- Place the cuff over the top of the arm sleeve with (RIGHT SIDES FACING EACH OTHER) and seams lined up.
8- Sew around the cuff stretching as you sew.
9- Flip the cuff out and that’s it!
2 -Using the leaf template, cut out one light green leaf and one dark green leaf.
4 -Apply a strip of hot glue or craft glue along the back center vein of the leaf.
8 – Trim the bottom and top tips.
11-Making pumpkin contour
13- Cut tree branch.
Cut the zipper out of the clothing. This makes the process so much easier! There is less bulk to work with and if you don’t feel like unpicking right then, you can save it in your zipper bin and unpick it later.
Take the end of the zipper and pull the fabric away from the zipper to expose the stitches. Slide the tip of the seam ripper into one or more of the stitches and cut the threads. Pull the zipper tape away from the fabric to expose more stitches. (The first stitches are the hardest to navigate).
Continue ripping threads and pulling all the way down the zipper. (Sometimes you can rip both sides of the zipper seam at the same time). Remove any cut threads that are lingering on the zipper and place the zipper in a bin or use the zipper straight away on a fun sewing project or craft.
As indicated on the drawing, start cutting through the single layer of fabric on the bottom strip at an angle to the end of the cut edge. On the next layer cut from one end to the other ON A DIAGANOL! Follow that same pattern until you’ve cut all strips.
4- COUNT OUT SQUARES BY TENS and place a scrap piece of paper with the number of squares up to that point written on it, between the layers.
Double/queen-size quilt: 132 squares. Make rows of 11 squares x 12 rows.
Lay out the squares in rows on the floor so you can get a visual of what it will look like. Adjust as you want.
