Golden Birthday - Golden Shirt!

Last week was my golden birthday. It was also a time when I learned how few people know what a golden birthday actually is - which surprises me, because I have been really excited about them since I was really little. But that might just be me.

Anyway, a golden birthday is when you're turning the age of the number of your birthday. So if you're born on the 14th of a month, your 14th birthday will be golden. Get it?

Now, the story of this project starts several months ago. Modcloth was having one of their grab-bag sales, where you pay a flat price and they send you an article of clothing in your size. One of my coworkers and I thought it would be fun to get something random from them. She got a lime green dress that she would never wear and I got... well, this:

At first, I was all excited because, you know, sequins. But then I realized just how many sequins there were. It's a little overwhelming. So I decided I would just be excited because I had some sequin fabric.

Then, when I realized that my golden birthday was coming up, I decided to use that golden sequin fabric to make myself a golden sequin birthday shirt. Drawing inspiration from this tutorial from Merrick's Art, I set off to make myself a contrast tee.

First, I bought a plain white tee.

Then, I cut out the back panel.

I then removed the skirt from the bodice of the dress and used the cut-out portion of the tee as a pattern to cut out a new panel. Knowing that sequins can be itchy, I also cut out a piece of the skirt lining. 

Then, it took little time to stitch the new back panel into the shirt.

I also wanted to embellish the front some, so I cut a small pocket out of the lining and added some sequin fabric to the edge. BAM pocket!

And THAT, my friends, is the short and sweet story of a golden shirt for a golden birthday!