Saturday, July 6, 2024

T-shirt Dresses

 These still need to be hemmed, but that won't change the look much.

This one is a little looser. There are a lot of puckers and bits of sewn zigzag threads around the edge of the shirt/skirt b/c I accidentally sewed some folds and undoing them made holes. However, they're not really obvious.

This one had some accidental folds, but I didn't have a lot of frog fabric left and so it's kind of pulled anyways, so it's not really noticeable.

Hard to see, but they are rows of ants with navy blue stripes at the sides. The pocket ended up on the left, but I did that on purpose b/c it's a two-colored pocket with navy at the back and the patterned fabric at the front.

Yes, the skirt is uneven, but I wasn't crazy about this combination anyways, especially the pocket ending up on the left (NOT on purpose).

This one is bunnies and came out very nicely, even if my thread isn't *quite* the right color.

Thursday, July 4, 2024

T-shirt dress

 I've made a whole bunch of these using old shirts, with more or less success, sometimes complete failures. I think I've finally got it. I'm using XL t-shirts from Kohls, either Croft & Barrow or Sonoma. The jersey fabric is about 20 inches long and works best if it's a little wider than the diameter of the shirt (this one was a little puckered because it was a bit shorter), about 46". I cut the slanted on the sides to get a little bit of swing and add in one pocket. They come out about knee-length.