Hey All,
I hope that you had a wonderful father’s day weekend I got to spend the weekend with my mom and dad which was lovely but now I am even later than usual with this post. Oh well better late than never right?
Fortunately this project actually came together in just two days. Which is record speed for me in case you didn't know. It helped a lot that this was sort of a remake of a previous project. A few years ago I made this woven tee shirt top and this tee shirt weave dress that was featured in the Spring 2016 issue of Green Craft Magazine.
For my new top I think I have made a great improvement in the construction process. The two previous versions used fusible interfacing but for this top I used Heat n Bond on the woven strips.
But perhaps I have jumped ahead too quickly.
It all started with this thrift shop find. For some reason the pups insisted on being in the photo.
A little frumpy.
Sadly, I don't just mean the dress. :-)
Anyway, I cut it off at the length that I wanted using a shirt from my closet as a guide. I also marked the center front of the shirt at the bottom edge.
I decided that I wanted to have 5 woven 1 inch strips along the bottom so I marked 5 lines 1 inch apart starting from the bottom of the shirt. To make the vertical lines I started from the center and measured ½ inch on either side of the center line.
For the rest of the grid I continued drawing parallel vertical lines one inch apart.
To make the strips I cut and ironed a piece of the heat n bond to fit on the bottom skirt piece that had been cut off.
Then I drew parallel lines 1 inch apart across the paper side of the heat n bond and cut the fabric into strips.
I cut enough strips to cover both directions of the grid.
Then I removed the paper backing.
I started weaving from the center to one side and then to the other side.
Once the strips where in place I used the iron to secure them in place.
I trimmed the pieces to match the side seams and the bottom edge and then repeated the whole process on the back of the top.
On the back my strips weren't long enough so I pieced them together on the underside of the weave.
After pressing the weave together I decided to stitch around the edges for extra stability.
The completed top.
Happy Upcycling,