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Don’t you just hate it when you buy a shirt and it shrinks in the wash? Yea, me too. I bought this shirt a few years back and after one wash, it was definitely not wearable.

The design was so cute I couldn’t part with it, so to the back of the closet it went…until now. For this project, I really had to brainstorm. I was thinking of making a tank top by incorporating a brown shirt, but I had no idea what type of tank top I wanted. I was thinking of making a racerback tank, but realized that with such a tiny shirt, there wouldn’t be enough fabric. I needed some advice. So, I went to my fashion-savvy friend Melinda and she pulled out a bunch of different tops she had until we found one that I could use as a template.

So…to the reconstruction!

This post will be a bit more extensive explaining what I did since I just cut and sewed with a semi-formed idea of how the end product would look.  Read more

2011
03/05
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Hearts Galore! [Part 2]

So, what did I do with the pink heart-filled tank I found in my closet? Well, the shirt was much too short on me so I found another shirt in my closet [donated by my friend Patrick] and fused them!

But, you see that giant hole in the front of the shirt? AHHH-inducing, I know. I wrung my hands and then got over it. :]

I was originally going to make a ruffled tank but failed miserably on the ruffle because I didn’t measure the top half of the shirt [It was kind of impossible as my measuring tape has gone missing over a month ago!! *-.-] I cut the grey shirt across under the arm holes and the pink one around the middle after sewing the edges of the grey in an A-line so it would fit to the top portion. Then I sewed them together with the gaping hole at the back of the shirt.

In place of the ruffle, I decided to make something else to put on the front of the tank. I cut out several hearts from the leftover parts of the shirt and layered!

To cover up the rip, I cut out more hearts! I made it just large enough to cover the hole, but not too excessive. As I was pinning it into place, my sister walked into the room and said, “Whoa! That’s so cool! Are you making a pocket?” Hm…not my original intention but sounds like an awesome idea. Thanks, kid sister :]

I volunteered tonight at a local hospice and it was still decorated for Valentine’s day! Perfect :]

2011
02/16
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Cue Scissors!

As I was perusing some DIY books at Barnes & Nobles, I came across a book called 99 ways to cut, sew, trim & tie your T-shirt into something special. I flipped through quickly and saw one that I clearly remembered seeing somewhere. So I ran to my laptop [a good 5 hours later when I got home] and checked me bookmarks. Lo and behold, I found it online! I thought it was cute, but the design flashed by too quickly so I only had a slight idea of how to implement it. I also thought it to be a bit too scandalous for me, but I knew I had a busy week and wouldn’t have as much time to sew something like last week’s kimono top. I checked the weather and saw that it would be a beautiful high of 75 and decided to whip out my scissors and an old T-shirt from my pile of scraps.

This was an old orchestra shirt of mine. I liked the design, but I hardly wore it so i deemed it suitable for my scissors. I folded it in half and traced what I would cut, making sure to cut straps while removing the entire image from the back.

Since the straps were super long, I trimmed them and used the excess to make rosettes from a tutorial I found a while back and then sewed them onto the front of the tank. It’s been a while since I’ve hand sewn anything so it was the most time-consuming portion of making this tank top, but definitely well worth it.

2011
02/09
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