I have always gotten a kick out of taking a discarded, worthless piece of "junk" and recreating it into something of use or beauty. (Reminds me a bit of my own life, only I didn't do the recreating.) Of course, now this pastime is a politically correct. Green, even. So recently the Jazzercise Instructor (JI) and I have been getting together on Tuesdays re-making old tee-shirts into wearable art. Thought you might be interested in yesterday's pieces.
The JI made this burgundy dolman-sleeved top from an XL tee-shirt based on this tutorial
Dolman Tee-Shirt.
Very easy and very cool! She also made a long blue skirt and obie-tie belt from an XXXL tee-shirt and a cowl-necked dress from a powder blue tee. You'll have to take my word for it though, because we forgot to take photos. We'll do better next Tuesday, I promise.
I took a discarded black shirt I had bleach tie dyed for the Professor a few years ago. Because I neglected to rinse the shirt after discharging it, the fabric continued to degrade. (Note to self: rinse all discharged items in a solution to stop discharge action!)
Because the shirt had a few tiny holes, I figured I could experiment. So I copied a shirt that fit beautifully, adding seam allowances as I cut the shirt apart.
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Voila! New, fun casual shirt to wear to the blues festival this year.
Anyway, the JI and I got these fantastic labels for our creations at
Custom Labels.We may even start a Facebook page, who knows.
What do you all think?
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