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what a fun idea for recycling old t-shirts. my girls used to love to go to Goodwill and bring home fun t-shirts. this would be a great way to jazz them up! Nice job.
6/27/07 9:34 AM
This is very clever. I would have never thought of it-duh! I looks great, now I want to get that pattern. ( I do not like paying a lot for exercise tops anyway) Thank you.
6/27/07 9:36 AM
This is very clever. I would have never thought of it-duh! I looks great, now I want to get that pattern. ( I do not like paying a lot for exercise tops anyway) Thank you.
6/27/07 9:36 AM
Oh, so cute! New Look should have you on their cover! Isn't this girl a good candidate for the new TLC show?
6/27/07 10:03 AM
Kewl! I never would've thought of recycling old t-shirts! Looks great!
6/27/07 10:34 AM
What a great way to reuse fabric! Looks awesome!
6/27/07 11:40 AM
So cute! I love the fact you recycled shirts for this project, great idea.
6/27/07 12:10 PM
Wow, love your shirt. It's so cool that its made from shirts you were going to toss anyway. I have to start looking at my closet more carefully now. Question for you, from the photo it looks like the neckline is really high. Does that bother you?
6/27/07 3:31 PM
Thanks for all the comments. I have been on a mission to re-style my t-shirts because I seem to have so many of them that are too large, too short, too small, freebies from running 5k races or volunteering, etc. I just have too MANY of them, and there's only so much room in my wardrobe for boxy old tees. I love the prints and/or slogans on most of them (otherwise I wouldn't have purchased them in the first place), so using them as raw materials for new, more stylish tops is a way to keep them around in a useful way. Now when I am thinking about getting a new t-shirt (alas, not an option until my DIY challenge is over in June 2008), I deliberately go for the largest size offered just so I have more fabric to work with!
Deepika - I haven't actually tried to work out in the shirt yet, but I am wearing it at the office today (very lax dress code in video game development), and I haven't noticed any discomfort, riding up in front, or choking while sitting or standing. Here's a cameraphone shot of the neckline taken at my desk, hah...
6/27/07 4:36 PM
Love, love, love your shirt. The pants are nifty too!
6/27/07 6:36 PM
causticmuse, thanks for posting that photo. I might just have to make a shirt like this too. I hear you on the t-shirts! My drawers are filled too.
6/27/07 11:06 PM
I am so impressed. What a wonderful idea and it looks fabulous, too.
6/28/07 9:27 AM
Love that you recycled old tees and love-love-love the final result!
6/28/07 9:48 AM
Great job! It looks really good.
1/22/08 6:34 PM
That's a great idea! We just cleaned out our closets and now I wish I hadn't thrown out (or torn up for rags) all those old t-shirts.
2/18/08 5:16 AM
Love it!! I LOVE the idea of recycling old clothes and making new. I too have a stash of old clothes (esp. jeans) that I have plans to recycle. I just cant see throwing things away with good fabric and notions right there for free! Especially when some of those fabrics can be really expensive! Good work and I look forward to seeing more of your projects in the future!!!
2/28/08 1:49 PM
Clever, clever girl. I love re-purposing! It always makes you feel like you're being "good" and "getting away with something" at the same time! ;) Great job. And you look really cute.
2/28/08 1:59 PM