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Monday, 11 January 2016

The T-shirt who dreamed of becoming a bag

Another post about a morning spent at Debbie Bryan, we're becoming regulars!  This was a free event.  We were asked to bring along an old t-shirt to be converted into a simple shopping bag.  I don't actually have any old t-shirts so mum brought some of dad's with her.  I picked a black one with a hash tag pin-tuck stitched into it.

The black, raised lines were already on the t-shirt.  We were let loose with fabric paint, stamps, pens, embroidery threads, lace motifs and ribbons.  I went for some Perle cotton 5 and added 3 lines of sashiko stitching in 3 different shades.

We then cut the arms off the t-shirt, and the neck band and some people sewed theirs up in class.  I didn't as we only had 2 hours and it took me that long to do the stitching (yes, I was gossiping when I should have been working!).  I did it at home on my machine as I thought that would be much more sturdy for carrying around shopping than doing it by hand.

For some reason this outdoor picture has come out a funny colour!  Also, you can't really see much here - I didn't think to take a photo of it acting as a bag, so you'll just have to either believe me or call me a liar!

 This is mum's:

She was in the process of embroidering little birdies and adding some bits of lace and ribbon.  She was going to finish it at home, but I haven't checked up on her...

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9 comments:

  1. margaret11 January 2016 at 08:30

    I have seen tee shirts used in quilts before but not bags, are the arm holes the handles?

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  2. SuperMomNoCape11 January 2016 at 11:42

    You and your mum do take the neatest classes. I love seeing the different thing you create during them.

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  3. Rachel11 January 2016 at 11:56

    We do tend to assume that machine stitching is sturdier, but sometimes I wonder whether I should actually perform an experiment to find out!

    Do you use your new bag often?

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  4. Christine11 January 2016 at 15:47

    That's a clever idea, much better than just throwing them away

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  5. Melody11 January 2016 at 20:56

    That's a very clever idea.

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  6. Fiona11 January 2016 at 21:31

    great post and I love your bag... so clever with your ideas on what to do with the tea shirts
    Hugz

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  7. Jane12 January 2016 at 06:25

    I've seen t shirts changed to bags, but never embellished, great idea and a good result

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  8. Sandra :)14 January 2016 at 21:19

    You are so lucky to have access to such fun classes! That black hashtag t-shirt is adorable with just the pintucking - adding the embroidery stitches really kicks it up a notch. Then it makes a really stylin bag! I do believe you, and I'm not calling you a liar, haha. Your mom's is cute too - do you just cut it into the bag shape, or are the raw edges finished?

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  9. Sarah in Stitches17 January 2016 at 11:20

    That's such a good idea! Great job :D

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