DIY Muscle Tank! ☀

DIY Muscle Tank! ☀

Hello my lovelies! I'm back once again to start my very own DIY for spring/summer series! This particular post, we are going to be making our very own Brandy Melville inspire Muscle Tanks!

Okay so we're going to start with any t-shirt you wish to cut. I chose this tie-dye one that I made a couple summers ago. Taking any colour sharpie or marker, make a dotted line (not a solid line because that can get messy and uneven) approximately where you would like to cut. Make sure you are going to be cutting off that shoulder seam. If you're not sure how much you're going to be wanting to cut off, start smaller and you can gradually make the hole bigger and bigger form there by simply repeating this steps until you reach the desired arm hole size! In this case, I had summer in mind and so I cut my arm holes very wide and long just above where my belly button would be in line with. 

Next, we are going to repeat the dotted line step at the bottom of the shirt to create the desired length. Once again, make sure you are cutting off that bottom seam. You can totally make this a super cute crop top if you wish. In this case, I decided to cut the bottom hem off and keep the shirt a decent length. 

 

 Once you have cut the arms and bottom, you will start to notice the fabric rolling. This is a good thing because it will make our cut lines look a lot better, even if they were not straight to begin with! Once you have finished the cutting, throw the shirt in the wash to soften up the harsh edges of our cuts, and you're all done! 

 For this particular shirt, I had summer in mind and the intention of either wearing this to the beach so that you can see my bikini through the arm holes, or out on a laid back summer night over a bralette (the one I am wearing in the top picture is from Aritzia). I decided to keep the neck seam on to follow the Brandy Melville style, but feel free to repeat the dotted line step and create a V-neck or scoop neck cut-out!

Well guys, there ya have it! A DIY Brandy Melville muscle tank for the fraction of the price and in whatever pattern you so desire! Score!

That's the way I see it!

LeighVioletBeauty

PS. If you decide to recreate this fun look, let me see by tagging me on either Twitter (@LeighVBeauty) or Instagram (@LeighVioletBeauty)! I also follow back ♡