Pioneer Trek Week - 15 Minute Pioneer Shirt

Today I want to show you how to make a simple pioneer shirt.  For more information on why I am making a Trek shirt and dressing like a pioneer, click here!

I originally found a tutorial for this in some random place online, but it wasn't a website so I couldn't pin it.  I redid this tutorial, tweaked it and made it my own, but the link to the original is here.  

To start, you need a button down shirt in 1 size larger than you normally wear.  I bought mine at the Goodwill for $2.  Plaids, stripes and solids are all good choices.

Step 1:  Measure down 12 inches from the collar and cut through placket.  (The placket is the part of the shirt with button holes.)

Step 2:  Turn shirt inside out.  Place buttons and placket right sides together, and pin.

Step 3:  Stitch together at edge of placket from bottom of shirt to the cut.

Step 4:  Press seam.

Step 5: Turn shirt right side out again.  Button up the shirt.  Tuck cut edge of the placket under and pin in place at the seam.

Step 6:  Sew a square and and "x" for reinforcement.

Step 7:  Cut off the collar just above the band.  Since it is stitched right there, it won't fray.

That's it!  Your Pioneer Trek shirt is now complete!

And as a side note, this shirt is actually for me.  But my husband was a good sport and modeled it for me.  lol!  And it IS turquoise, not light blue as it appears here.  I figure if I have to be dirty, sleep with no pillow and not wear makeup, at least I can wear some fun colors, right?

Linked today at:  Not Just a Housewife, Tater Tots and Jello, Creative Itch, Funky Polka Dot Giraffe, Mommy by Day, Sugar Bee, Hope Studios, Home Stories A to Z, Vintage Wanna Bee, Lil Luna, Ginger Snap, Rae Gun Ramblings, Junk in their Trunk, Creations by Kara