Dress 321. Rainbow Striped Bossini top. How to hide frayed edges.
Dress 321. Photo by Trevor Sharot. Colours I love the colours of this tee-shirt. The stripes in darker colours are red and blue. It also has orange, pale green, yellow and white. The orange stripes are in four widths. Frayed Edges This tee-shirt was discarded. A rescued item. After I washed it, I looked at it closely. I could see why it had been thrown out. The edges were coming apart. Yes, the edges were coming apart. Could I leave it? People wear torn jeans. Why not a torn top? Grunge. However, they did not look right. I pulled them completely apart. Around both sleeves and the hem. I was left with two frayed edges. I could have folded them inside each other. Or folded them back inside the garment. Or covered them with bias tape. Matt. To suit the matt, muted colours. Or oversewn the edges together with a neat blanket stitch. Or oversewn each edge separately, visibly or folded down, hemmed. I showed my husband. I thought he would say: 'That doesn't...