I just sorted through my closet yet again and pulled out a bunch more t-shirts to get rid of! They would have totally come in handy for this mother/daughter duo project! Here's Amy and Angie's story...
My daugher Amy, e-mailed me with the subject of...project! She sure knows how to get her Momma's attention...and in the e-mail was a link to Gypsyrags, a site that takes large t-shirts and recreates them to fit the female figure. They do some amazing things with tees, but Amy is a full-time nursing student on a really limited clothing budget. Her ‘boy’ was taking her to the Nickelback concert the upcoming weekend and she wanted to know if I could help her alter a t-shirt to wear to the concert. I've never done anything like that before, but I'm always up for a good challenge and with you in mind - I’ve been following you for I dunno how long - I figured I’d give it a try.
So Amy went off in search for some cute tees for us to alter.
She scored some real bargains at Plato's Closet, I think getting each shirt about $4 bucks a pop. We grabbed a couple of coordinating fat quarters from Joann Fabrics with a 25% off total purchase coupon and got to work.
Let's see what these gals came up with!
We took in the sides of the size Large tee first...
...marked the neckline...
...and the back, where we wanted the shirt to fall as we were making it into a halter.
Post-trim, Amy put it on to see if the snips were in a good place...
...and then we added straps and top stitching in a lime green thread to match the logo.
Here's the final pic of Amy and her 'Boy' at the concert!
The average price at Gypsyrags is $35-$45 a shirt, so for less than $6 we were able to recreate this piece. Thanks for the inspiration! We were on a roll after this one!
For more on Angie (and more tees), check her out HERE!
