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| S.P. front view - looks like a shirt! |
This is a very easy project, using existing shirts. You can do it from scratch, using a collar pattern and a created front. I would use one piece, extending from arm to arm, fold in a button placket and put on button holes (uncut) and buttons and have it button at the back of the collar - but this way leaves the collars intact as pull over pieces.
First, 4-6" from the collar, on the back of any shirt, start at the (short) sleeve and cut straight across. Where the side seam is or would be, cut straight down through the hem. Remove the seam itself to keep the bulk down. Turn and hem both sides and the top. If this is a shirt with buttons, sew down the button placket to the second button from the top. this allows the top to buttons to open, and allows the shirt to be slipped on, but, keeps the shirt from 'gaping open at the buttons' and thus allowing spills through.
 | | Start 4-6" down on sleeve and cut in a straight line across to the other side |
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 | | Once the top is cut, under sleeve center, cut straight down through the hem |
|  | | A view of where to cut down the side |
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 | | Turn and hem all cut aways, top and both sides, and it's done. |
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