Tuesday, May 3, 2011

New (Old) Shirt

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I have this lovely white tank top with a giant flower on it. I used to wear it all the time - I even thought about choosing it for one of my six items way back in January. It was great for wearing under sweaters or on its own. And I just loved that giant white flower!

See how great?


Well, I wore it so much that it started to get all stretched out and holey. So I decided to re-make it by sewing the flower onto a different shirt. And by re-make it, I actually mean have my mom re-make it because I really can't sew worth anything. I mean, back in the day I did make a pretty sweet vest out of pink pig fabric for an AWANA project and once some (kinda ugly) "love bug" pillows as a Mother's Day gift, but that's about where the sewing "talent" ends! So I headed over to mom's house for a fun filled sewing day (which basically means mom sews and I play games on my phone and look over her shoulder).

Step One (which I did myself):

Gather the 2 shirts.
Cut out the flower from the white shirt.
Just cut right around the edges.




Step Two (with a little help):

Decide where to place the white flower on the blue shirt.




Then pin it in place.





Step Three: Have mom sew the white flower in place.
Or if you are blessed with sewing talent, do it yourself!

And here's the finished product:

Just as cute as the original!

3 comments:

  1. That came out so cute! I love rescuing clothes that would otherwise be junk . . . you (or your mom) did a great job ;-)

    Rachel @ Maybe Matilda

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  2. i am a tee junkie! this came out really well!

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  3. Nice job. My favorite shirts usually end up becoming holey. It's nice to be able to have them "live on" as part of another shirt! Awesome!

    Bekah

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