My best friend whom I’ve known since 7th grade, trusted me with her awesome vintage Boston concert shirt for a remake and Tahdah! This is what I came up with. I do believe this is my favorite shirt reconstruction thus far, probably because I was imagining her and what she might like.
So about the shirt…I cut a really large boat neck (scary!) but it worked out OK. I wanted the back to be kinda sorta hot-ish, so I cut it deeper on the backside. I had another shirt I found at a thrift shop (blue/black 80s shirt), that I added to the bottom and used as bias tape around the armholes and for strips on the back. I also added two cute ties on the sides before I sewed the seams.
The neckline was tricky. I was going to make more bias tape from scraps after cutting the shirt…but then I thought it would look neat to add texture so I pressed long strips of equal length and basically sewed the press line to the edge of the neckline. It rolls up naturally which looks cool. I didn’t even bother sewing the long strips together, but instead, overlapped them and went with it (going ROGUE, y’all). I added two rosettes at the shoulder seams from scraps. That’s about it! I dig it. I hope she does too, because I get to deliver it in person next week when I’m visiting her in sunny Florida. ahhhh….
Tags: reconstruction, t-shirt, upcycled
October 7, 2010 at 23:27 |
Hi Jennifer,
I’m the sales associate you met at Macy’s who was obsessed with your beautiful family. I lost your e-mail but remembered your name, so with some investigative work on my part I managed to find you, but not on facebook. I had trouble weeding through all of the Jennifer McMullen’s.
Anyway, e-mail me when you get a chance!
October 14, 2010 at 04:56 |
Hey Jennifer,
I am a happy customer of dishyduds hoping to buy an adult-sized monster tee for a pal (along with some more tees for my boys, who have been wearing them since they were babies.) I can’t find the adult sizes on the dishyduds site, and my email to the lycos account bounced. Are you still in business? I sure hope so! How do I order an adult-size monster tee?
Best,
Jennifer Foster