Boy's school uniform into GIRL'S!

I am a mother of 3, soon-to-be 4. Money is tight. So today when Gabe put on one of his uniform shirts and it was too small I had an idea. Why not alter it for Charlotte? She won't need a uniform until the next school year but hey, why not figure out how to do it now? So here is what I did. Hopefully you can save yourself some money too!

Here is the shirt. I found a shirt that fits Charlotte well and laid it on top.

Then I traced around it, leaving a half inch extra at the sides and bottom. Don't trace the sleeves, but trace the seam. When you're done it should look like this:

Then I cut the sleeves at the seam.

Then I pinned down the sides and sewed them up. I don't have a serger but this fabric doesn't fray so I'm not too worried about it.

Then I pressed the seams out, and did a rolled seam. *DISCLAIMER* I am terrible with seams, especially using stretchy fabric. This is how I did it, it may or may not be the right way...

I rolled the seam and then pressed it down...

Pinned it...

And zig zagged over the edge. I used a topstitch foot to do it. Here is what it looks like now:

Not too shabby!

Now take the sleeves and gather them until they match up with the shirt.

Now pin it on, and slip the sleeve inside the shirt. Sew with a straight stitch.

Ta-da! Now repeat with the other sleeve and you, my dear, have an adorable girl's uniform shirt with "Snow White sleeves" as Charlotte called them :-)

I am pretty psyched that my first attempt went so well. I don't know if I dare to tackle the pants. Maybe I can make a skirt out of them somehow? I'll let you know how that goes!