Altered T-Shirt Project
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Nick's friend Sara (who is super crafty - like, in the patience to do even the most tedious craft but still has the creativity to come up with really original things on her own) lent me her Generation T book last time we visited and I whipped up these two altered shirts this afternoon.
The first one is for the business that my best friend's family used to own (Gulf Coast Mold and Tool). Like many t-shirts for businesses, they pretty much just had in printed in XL, so I always felt like I was swimming in it - and I'm not a t-shirt to bed kind of girl.
In hindsight I should have been more generous with the halter measurements (duh - same goes for sewing as it does for shopping), so I only feel comfortable wearing it as a bikini cover up - but for that it looks amazing, so I'm not disappointed at all! I especially like the design of the halter part (cut out of one shoulder of the t - hence no need for a seem or tie at the back of the neck!)
The second t-shirt was one that Joel printed for me and for obvious reasons have avoided wearing - yet another great use for altering shirts - away with bad memories, in with new ones. I altered the pattern a little by making the shirt snugger around the back with one seam down the middle, rather than one on each side under the armpits. This one I can wear with a strapless or halter style bra - I may even wear it tonight :)
The first one is for the business that my best friend's family used to own (Gulf Coast Mold and Tool). Like many t-shirts for businesses, they pretty much just had in printed in XL, so I always felt like I was swimming in it - and I'm not a t-shirt to bed kind of girl.
In hindsight I should have been more generous with the halter measurements (duh - same goes for sewing as it does for shopping), so I only feel comfortable wearing it as a bikini cover up - but for that it looks amazing, so I'm not disappointed at all! I especially like the design of the halter part (cut out of one shoulder of the t - hence no need for a seem or tie at the back of the neck!)
The second t-shirt was one that Joel printed for me and for obvious reasons have avoided wearing - yet another great use for altering shirts - away with bad memories, in with new ones. I altered the pattern a little by making the shirt snugger around the back with one seam down the middle, rather than one on each side under the armpits. This one I can wear with a strapless or halter style bra - I may even wear it tonight :)
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Date: 2010-07-04 01:04 am (UTC)Can you explain more about how the first one works? I think the heat has given me a slow brain day, and I don't get how it's cut out of one of the shoulders!
Thanks!
Date: 2010-07-04 02:23 am (UTC)Does that make sense?
Re: Thanks!
Date: 2010-07-04 02:34 am (UTC)Re: Thanks!
Date: 2010-07-04 05:17 pm (UTC)