I finished the skirt! It was fun to make and I like it.
It's made entirely from recycled t-shirts... I suppose that's obvious.
There are four panels and each has two layers. I cut the front layers shorter than the back layers so there are different colors and prints along the hem.
That tree print is from a t-shirt that I got at the Magritte Museum in Brussels. It's inspired by his painting The 16th of September. I love the image, but the shirt just didn't fit quite right.
I hand sewed the entire skirt. I also chose the turn the seam allowances out for interest and texture.
For the waist, I folded the top over a strip of elastic and sewed through all the layers using the cretan stitch.
I was inspired very much by Jupiter Girl's skirts. I'm setting aside more t-shirt for future skirts...
6 comments:
nicely done! love it; cool design elements, and it looks very cute on you!!!
Who says two layers is enough and you haven't stamped it with texture yet.
there's a painter in my side bar (judy) who made some of these Alabama Something pieces out of tee shirt (knits). She did a stencil and then cut outs of the stencil details with stem or running stitch all around the cut outs. Nice.
I love it! If you get tired of yours, maybe we could swap skirts for a while. ;-) Mine's machine stitched though, so it doesn't have the delicacy yours has.
It's really cute! After I saw Kristin's I started googling, and fell in love with those Jupiter girl skirts. I'm going to be trying my hand at a skirt with a little surface design later this week. Thanks for the inspiration!
digging the idea! and it looks cute on you!
Nicely done! It looks very good on you!
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