![T-shirt couture
Scottsdale-based designer Angela Johnson refashions vintage and “thrifted” T-shirts into one-of-a-kind ball gowns, tops, and skirts, among other wearable objects. Every item is made to order; if you own T-shirts that you’d like to have incorporated into the design of your piece(s), Angela will include them.
(Makes me wish I’d kept many of my old concert T-shirts!)
See more on Angela’s Web site here. [Thanks, Angela!]
Photo credit: Top: Juliane Berry Photography. Botttom: David H. Smith.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m74v96m48J1qzv12bo1_r1_400.jpg)
T-shirt couture
Scottsdale-based designer Angela Johnson refashions vintage and “thrifted” T-shirts into one-of-a-kind ball gowns, tops, and skirts, among other wearable objects. Every item is made to order; if you own T-shirts that you’d like to have incorporated into the design of your piece(s), Angela will include them.
(Makes me wish I’d kept many of my old concert T-shirts!)
See more on Angela’s Web site here. [Thanks, Angela!]
Photo credit: Top: Juliane Berry Photography. Botttom: David H. Smith.
Looking for a lovely way to recycle t-shirts that your kids have outgrown? Check out this t-shirt rose bouquet that Heather from The Sewing Loft shared in Green Child Magazine!
More: How-To: Recycled T-Shirt Rose Bouquet @Craftzine.com blog
Today’s tutorial: How to turn old t-shirts into rugs
Major supplies needed include a piece of latch-hook canvas, a latch-hook tool, and several t-shirts and hours. For how-to / DIY details, see this post on Xoelle.com, where previous readers have added some good suggestions.
(via Craft)
Upcycled T-shirts get a new life and proceeds benefit NGOs
‘A non-profit organisation, Project Repat was started by Sean Hewens and Ross Lohr. The project works by commissioning artisans in Nairobi to create exciting new products from the fabric of the old T-shirts.
The T-shirts that are upcycled into scarves and skirts are then shipped back to the USA where they are sold back to customers in search of something trendy, unconventional and socially uplifting. All profits raised from the sale of the converted T-shirts are repatriated back to a non-profit organisation in the country where it was upcycled. ‘
via Design Indaba
How-to: Make produce bags from old T-shirts.
A great DIY project by deliacreates, who provides a thorough tutorial.
(Spotted on Pinterest.)
![Swedish designer Maria Westerberg’s T-shirt Chair won this year’s Green Furniture Award [in Sweden]. According to the jury, “the chair weaves together a meaningful story using worn textiles. This up-scaling of the classical ‘rag rug’ becomes a unique way of upholstering. T-shirts from friends together with other textiles such as grandma’s curtains, the favourite but now worn out jeans, etc., melt together visually to form a colourful symphony of one’s personal history.” (via The T-shirt Chair by Maria Westerberg Wins the 2011 Green Furniture Award in Sweden - TreeHugger)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lguoz2HXl81qzv12bo1_400.jpg)
Swedish designer Maria Westerberg’s T-shirt Chair won this year’s Green Furniture Award [in Sweden]. According to the jury, “the chair weaves together a meaningful story using worn textiles. This up-scaling of the classical ‘rag rug’ becomes a unique way of upholstering. T-shirts from friends together with other textiles such as grandma’s curtains, the favourite but now worn out jeans, etc., melt together visually to form a colourful symphony of one’s personal history.” (via The T-shirt Chair by Maria Westerberg Wins the 2011 Green Furniture Award in Sweden - TreeHugger)
