DIY Outfit, matching shorts from a t-shirt, or a tunic dress from a table runner, post 437


 

Are you short of summer outfits? Do you have a pair of shorts with a stained front, or a tee shirt with a stained sleeve? A great idea for re-using an unwanted or unworn t--shirt. Cut off the arms to make a tank top. Use the spare fabric from the arms to make two circular or oval designs, such as leaves for the below the waist garment. Sew your double patterns neatly by hand or machine onto a pair of shorts, as they suggest. Alternatively sew onto a skirt, or even a plain dress. 

I would use the arm pieces to make pockets. You could have two front square or semi-circular pockets on shorts or a skirt. Or side pockets.The neatly seamed armhole hem could be made into a hairband, or the front or link piece of a belt made with a long piece of ribbon or a doubled ribbon, with or without interfacing. (Interfacing is a stiffening liner used on jackets and hems and belts. 

Security

Use the spare fabric for a bag for your phone. Make a pocket on a lanyard to hold a phone. Wear under your jacket.

Use the spare fabric for a second secure pocket sewn on, with zip closure, behind a slit pocket with a top flap. 

August is second hand month.

 Useful Websites

https://www.thredup.com/bg/p/how-to-diy-refashion

https://www.thredup.com/bg/p/happy-secondhand-month

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