T-Shirt Surgery
After a delicious vegetarian dinner at 10% off for crafty D.I.Y. folks, we started our second DIY Collective event at Strega Cafe. With options for no-sew projects, hand sewing and machine sewing, it was made easy for beginners. We chopped up second hand and slightly damaged t-shirts to create tube tops, t-shirt hybrids, patches and tanks. I had some examples from an earlier surgery session this week, including a knotted tube overlay and a pair of cotton cassette tape print underwear I made from a $2.00 t-shirt. I brought my t-shirt surgery bible along - Generation T: 101 ways to modify a shirt, to inspire. That book as well as this do it yourself session really make one realize how easy it can be to modify, customize and creatively re-use clothing. Hopefully we`ll do another one in the new year, and maybe venture out into the t-shirt rug, patchwork scarves and totes.
-Sheena Swirlz
