This is a great way to give life to a new denim shirt. Refashion button ups is easy to do by adding a color pockets and can be done in under a half hour. 

I can't believe that I haven't got around to posting this yet. Remember my pattern pop pocket shirts? Well like I said in that post, I really love the contrasting pocket look. Around the same time I did the pattern pocket t-shirts, I also redid this polka dot denim shirt. It was a thrift store find so I had to bring it in to fit me (tutorial here). I then took off one of the pockets to add the color pocket. I love the simple affect it makes on the shirt. 

You could do any color you like to make a contrast pocket for your button up shirt. Contrast pockets are a fun way to refashion your shirt and refashion it into something new. What would color would you do on your shirt? 

If there is a pocket already on your shirt, seam rip it off. Then trace the pattern onto your alternative fabric. If there isn't a pocket, find a shirt and trace the pocket from that shirt (remember to add a seam allowance since we'll be folding the sides in)

 Take your pocket and fold the sides in and iron. Now carefully place and pin the new fabric pocket back onto the shirt where the old pocket was. 

Now you're going to sew your new pocket in place just around the sides. As you can see with my pocket, I had a flap on top of the pocket, I made sure to place that carefully on top and sewed the new yellow pocket underneath that. And that's it!

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