TWO Quick Pillow Case Adult Shirts

So I saw this tutorial here and thought this would be a great quick top to make. I did two versions- one like hers and the other my creation. One took me about an hour and 15 minutes the other took me about 20 minutes. As always when I was making things didn't go perfect but this is what I would do the second time around:

Pillow Case Top from Scratch

Needed:

1 hour and a half

3/4 yard of Jersey Knit fabric (60" wide)

1/3 yard of silky fabric (45" wide)

Coordination thread

Step One: Make the tie-

1. Cut the silky fabric 5 inches wide in two 45" strips. I thought 3 inches was too wide:( If you want yours as wide as mine I originally cut 6 inch to make them 3" wide instead of 2.
   
   Don't you love how crooked they cut the fabric at the store?"
2. Sew the two strips together to make one long 90" inch strip.
3. Fold in half with right sides together, pin.
4. At each end three inches down mark a line to the opposite corner (see picture)and sew.
5. Leaving a 6 inch gap in the middle, sew along edge.
6. Turn right side out through gap in middle, fold under and sew gap.
7. Press

Step Two: Make the shirt-

1. Cut the fabric 23" (W) by 26"(L). In the tutorial I mentioned I found the dimensions to be way too large. I have a long slender torso so you may need to adjust your fabric somewhat. You might want to start bigger (her dimensions were 30" x 30") if you feel it will be too small. I made the other shirt first so I had some numbers to go off of.
2. Press a two inch from top and baste stitch. This step it to prevent the jersey knit from rolling when you fold it over.
3. Fold over to make casing a sew zig zag stitch along bottom of edge of casing.
4. Thread the tie through the casing and put on. Pin where the arm holes should stop below your under arms.
5. With right sides together sew up sides.
6. Zig Zag stitch on arm holes and around bottom (see video). Try on
   
   

Very East Pillow Case Top from Men's Shirt

Needed:

20-30 minutes

Men's Shirt- I used my husband's old 4th of July Old Navy shirt that had shrunk a little. It was size large. The shirt after step one was 21" (W) by 23.5" (L)

1/2" wide ribbon

Coordinating Thread

Sewing Ruler

1. Turn shirt inside out and cut off arms. Align the ruler at the base of the collar and cut in straight line across.
2. Make 1" wide casing and straight stitch along bottom. **Make sure here that your new right sides is actually the inside of the shirt since. You don't have to do this but mine had a flag I didn't want on it so I just used it inside out. I will now refer to it as the (old outside and new inside) flag side.
3. With flag sides out sew along each side with a small seam allowance. I did this so that the old inside seam wouldn't show.
4. Thread ribbon through casings and try on!

Have any shirts you want to revamp?