Well, I am quite proud of myself. I have completed yet another Pinterest project -- actually, a combo of a couple of different things I saw on Pinterest, which is the reason that this project took me more time than I thought it would. But then...don't most of my projects??
Anyway, the final result is pretty cool, in my opinion. But in order to appreciate the final result, you need to see what I started with:
This is one of my husband's XXL t-shirts. I found it in the bottom of his shirt drawer; not sure he's worn it 3 times since he got it when we were down in Daytona for Bike Week 7 years ago. But it's so cool -- it'd be such a shame to just throw it out (though we would probably give it away before we'd do that).
So I decided to have a crack at making it into a shirt for ME. That means A LOT of cutting. And sewing. And trying on and taking off, and trying on and taking off. More sewing, more trying on and taking off.
But I stuck with it and THIS is what I ended up with:
The Pinterest ideas I pulled from had me take a shirt I already had that I liked the fit of and trace it onto the shirt I was altering. Only the shirt I used for my template fit completely INSIDE the torso of Jeff's shirt!
Yeah.
That means I had to sew completely new sleeves. Never done that before. NOT a seamstress by any stretch. But I did it! And it looks like I might've bought it like that! What a feeling. I thrive on being able to say "I did that", no matter what we're talking about.
I think that's why I'm into so many different things.
That I never have time to mess around with.
Okay, back to the shirt. It's cool, right? I think so anyway, and I plan to do this again with another of my husband's awesome Bike Week shirts.
When I find the time. :: wink ::
