mens shirts applique tee

...another refashion with scraps!

(in case you missed it, this tank was also refashioned with scraps)

Today is my last day at Marthas Vineyard,  my last chance to wear an all white outfit,
since in New York white doesnt last white for a mere second!
...Sported with the aqua & pearls star ...

My husband has to be all dressed up for work.

...Which means a lot of crispy whites.

and because he travels all over the world, he finally found a great tailor in India that makes him gorgeous suits and shirts at a fraction of the price (I believe I gave my husband the bargain bug, yup its that contagious).

Once a year, he has a bunch of shirts made and he comes home with a lot of tiny pieces of fabric scraps... in my world this means party time!!

I made this shirt with some of the white scraps, taking the inspiration from the J.Crew "Mum Applique Art tee"..

Looking at the J.Crew detail, I cut a lot of shapes that sort of looks like pieces of an anemone, and hand stitched overlapping them over the t-shirt with a light grey thread. 

I have two of these anemone shapes: one on the bottom side and one placed vertically on the other side, just next to the arm.

I liked the idea of using different fabric and textures, in fact... I like my version better ;)

I didnt fray checked the pieces, so now that the shirt has been washed several times, all the fray edges are showing off ... love it!!

xox, d.

 will *<:) party here!

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the girotondo tee

"girotondo"

means "ring around the rosie" in italian.

It is also the name of an Alessis collection.

yes, this tee refashion was inspired by... a tray.

Alessi round tray

This is not the first time that I took inspiration from some kind of design originally intended for the home and translated into something to wear. 

...and this is a great way to cover up several random blueberry (and raspberry too) spots on your t-shirt!

Get your patience ready, and cut out this guys shape out of an old even more messed out shirt about...  25 times. (mine is about 2-1/2" high and 1-3/4" wide)

Place the first ones on the spots and work around in circle, like they are holding hands. 

... and stitch with a contrasting thread.

Easy, peasy (but very boring indeed)

Just for fun, I left some of the "legs", "arms" and "heads" hanging passed by the hem of the shirt... just because.

I hand stitched all these little guys, but it can be done with a sewing machine, of course. But I do get anal OCD and like the hand stitch detail a lot better. Shame on me!!

xox, d.

will *<:) party here!

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