The T-shirt – preferably well-used – is a blank canvas. You can cut it, sew it, twist it, and turn it. You can deconstruct it, you can reconstruct it. Recycle it, resuscitate it, refashion it, re-invent it. Make it punky, make it funky.
It is the perfect jumping-off point, and Megan Nicolay – who knows the DIY pride of accomplishment and the pleasure of making something chic and unique (and cheap) – shows how to turn an ordinary T-shirt into a halter, a tank top, a peasant blouse, or, for a total transformation, into a T-skirt. Or a hat. Or a Christmas stocking, a drawstring purse, a wine bottle cozy. Even a quilt.
In 121 unexpected, easy-to-follow projects, this pied piper of DIY shows first how to tee-off with the basic materials plus add-ons (ribbons, lace, safety pins) and techniques (stitching, hemming, gathering). Then come ideas: 30 projects for customising a T-shirt (i. e. doing everything to it you possibly can and still be able to call it a T-shirt); 30 projects for tank tops (less shirt, more style) and 30 projects for tube tops (even less shirt and more style).
There's the Two-Tiered Peasant Skirt, the Bow-Tie Beanie, the Sweet Dreams pillow. Plus leg-warmers, gauntlets, tablecloths, pillows, and braided rugs. More than half the projects require no sewing, and all are rated according to level of difficulty.
