{"id":13315,"date":"2015-02-10T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=13315"},"modified":"2017-09-19T10:19:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T17:19:06","slug":"turn-cropped-tee-banded-tee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/turn-cropped-tee-banded-tee\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn a Cropped Tee into a Banded Tee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13316 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cropped-tee-to-banded-tee-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Turn a Cropped Tee into a Banded Tee\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cropped-tee-to-banded-tee.jpg 600w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cropped-tee-to-banded-tee-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cropped-tee-to-banded-tee-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cropped-tee-to-banded-tee-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cropped-tee-to-banded-tee-186x186.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cropped tees are super hip right now, but they don&#8217;t always look as good on as maybe we imagine they will. At least, that&#8217;s been my experience. I am super high-waisted, and cropped tees just make me look super boxy. Yet I&#8217;ve got a couple of these in my closet, because I wanted them to look good on me so much! Maybe it&#8217;s time to face facts and turn those unflattering crop tops into something I&#8217;ll actually wear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/craftingagreenworld.com\/2013\/01\/15\/how-to-refresh-black-clothing-with-fabric-dye\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to Refresh Black Clothing with Fabric Dye<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/2012\/10\/03\/mending-basics-4-simple-techniques-to-repair-damaged-clothes\/\" target=\"_blank\">4 Simple Techniques to Repair Damanged Clothes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Cropped Tee to Banded Tee<\/h2>\n<p>Portia at <strong>Makery<\/strong> shared this\u00a0ingenious tutorial for lengthening a cropped tee, and I have to tell you: it&#8217;s awesome. And simple. If you can sew a straight line on your machine, you can do this simple DIY refashion. All that you need are:<\/p>\n<p>+ a cropped tee that you&#8217;re not wearing anymore<\/p>\n<p>+ woven or jersey fabric in a weight that&#8217;s similar to your tee<\/p>\n<p>+ fabric scissors<\/p>\n<p>+ straight pins<\/p>\n<p>+ sewing machine, thread, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B000PD0F52\/?tag=fgs20-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a ball point needle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>+ iron<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/portialawrie.blogspot.com\/2015\/01\/refashion-cropped-tee-to-banded-tee.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Get the detailed instructions &#8211; including lots of helpful photos &#8211; over at Makery<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portia at Makery shared this ingenious tutorial for lengthening a cropped tee, and I have to tell you: it&#8217;s awesome. And simple. If you can sew a straight line on your machine, you can do this simple DIY refashion.  <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/turn-cropped-tee-banded-tee\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":13316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-09-19T17:19:10Z","apple_news_api_id":"95db32c0-1b0f-4d5d-a5d5-a9c0de0db2bd","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-09-19T17:19:11Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AldsywBsPTV2l1anA3g2yvQ","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[45,7639,1474],"tags":[8734,8733,7540,6613,8735,8736,6283,3453],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cropped-tee-to-banded-tee.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}