Dye · recycle · Repurpose · Sewing

Overdying adventures

This project started out with a stained white toddler dress.  This dress is a "hand me down" and with the previous stains at hand I decided to overdye the dress.  I had a bottle of Aquamarine liquid Rit dye and I started collecting other items to dye together. When I dye in the washing machine,… Continue reading Overdying adventures

Repurpose · Sewing

Repurpose a t-shirt

This project started with an XXL commercial t-shirt that I acquired. I loved the color of the fabric (a heathered red, cool-toned jersey material).  I thought it would be fun to reuse the commercial shirt for fabric and sew it into a new shirt for myself. The body of the commercial t-shirt was a tube… Continue reading Repurpose a t-shirt