Tee-shirt Lust

I'm loving this Toile parody shirt from Threadless designed by Emmy Cicierega.

Etsy Love

A very special friend of mine has some cool new silk screened goods in his etsy shop. Check out more of Diskgrunt's work here. I own the inspired yarn ball tee-shirt, and its one of my favs! 

In Need of Bullet Proof Vest

I'm loving these witty tee-shirts I saw on this blog. I think I could go on and on thinking up more ideas for this series.  Anyways, you can buy them here. 

D.I.Y. Tee-Shirt Throw Pillow Tutorial

I made another video tutorial for all the crafters out there. Woot!




The trickiest part of this tutorial is knowing how big to cut your front and back panels. My pillow form was 14 x 14 inches, and I cut the panels to 12.5 inches so they fit very tightly. You are going to have to experiment with this to find the right size for your pillow form. The pillow on the left was cut at 14 x 14 inches and you can see it turned out slightly floppy.

Look what I made: DIY tee-shirt dress

Making this tee-shirt dress has turned out to be quite the adventure. I started with one ginormous grey tee-shirt and then a smaller pink tee shirt that I used as the accent color. The first step was to cut the sides of the grey shirt so that the tee-shirt would fit snugger. I'm lazy so I totally winged this step. If I were to do it again I would leave more room in the armpit area. Sew the side seam inside-out and try on.

The next step is to cut the belt out of your accent fabric. I decided to use the part of the shirt with the type which adds a nice graphic element. Once you sew the front and the back strips of the belt together try on both pieces to decide how far down the belt should go. Cut your tee shirt dress in half where the belt goes. Line up the good sides together and sew the belt to the top. Take your time figuring out which sides go together. It ended up taking me 3 tries to get it right. (Sometimes I can get in too much of a hurry)

The pockets were inspired by the accidental hole I cut into the shoulder. I needed something to cover up my mistake and the pockets ended up being a really nice touch. I put the straps in because the dress was falling off of my shoulders more than I wanted it to. Functional and cute! Overall I'm very happy with the way it turned out.

I hope this inspires you to make something out of your old tee-shirts!