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May 13 '07 by Vindemiatrix

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Threadless crafting! (Any advice/comments?)

about Red Cloud Sunset

I have a couple of ideas of things I want to make out of old t-shirts... One plan for the longer term is converting my guys' 2XL Star Men In Moon's Milk into a dress or skirt, and I was also intending to use an XL Memento Arbori I'd spotted on eBay to make a tote bag, before it got sniped from under my nose :(. However, since one of those will be very complicated and the other will be impossible until I find another Memento Arbori (let me know if you're selling!), I'm now turning to my other plan: a composite bag made out of Red Cloud Sunset and Break Free.

Break Free - Threadless, Best T-shirts Ever

They just seem like they'd fit really well together - similar styles, similar-ish subjects/concepts, and RCS contains the three colours used in Break Free.

So now I'm wondering - what do you guys think? Would it look good/bad/mediocre?

Right now I've got two or three ideas for how to do it... I'm thinking maybe a smallish handbag type of thing, with BF on one side and RCS on the other, with strap and separating panels in a neutral colour (probably black) , red piping on the RCS side and brown piping on the BF side.

Another idea is doing a messenger bag kind of thing, with (for example) an all-brown outside and the RCS design on the flap, with BF directly underneath it to be revealed when the flap's open, and a blue lining.

Or I could do some combination of or variation on the two, or something that you guys suggest.

Any thoughts? What type of bag would work best?

Vindemiatrix on May 13 '07 at 12:46pm

Nobody?

Vindemiatrix on May 13 '07 at 2:13pm

Damn, my blog is lonely.

Tonteau on May 13 '07 at 2:34pm

Bags have done really well in the past. Ladykat was going to try and make a quilt, I think. There's always people trying things out with threadless shirts.

Vindemiatrix on May 13 '07 at 2:57pm

Thanks for the vote of confidence :) I may have a shirt for Ladykat if I can't sell it to anyone...

Do you think the two shirts I picked would go well together on a bag?

Tonteau on May 13 '07 at 3:21pm

Yeah. They work well together.

label on May 13 '07 at 3:28pm

Do it!! Do it! I would love to see the final product!
:)

Vindemiatrix on May 13 '07 at 3:52pm

Yay, I feel bolstered :)
I'll buy the two shirts second-hand once I get my last paycheque... hmm, now my contract at the primary school has run out, maybe I need to find a new job... once the exams are over of course!

kissmeimshitfaced on May 13 '07 at 3:55pm

go for it!

Vindemiatrix on May 13 '07 at 3:56pm

What type of bag do you guys think would look best? One design on either side, or flap with one design hiding the other design underneath?

Vindemiatrix on May 13 '07 at 4:14pm

It's really the style of bag that I want advice/ideas on...

deboraborialis on May 13 '07 at 4:34pm

This would be good as a reversible or double sided tote. Lay the shirts flat and cut about a 5 inch tube off the bottom of each shirt, and then cut through each (to make two strips). From both shirts cut a rectangle 15x14 inches through both layers. Keep the layers paired, and lay the rectangles against each other, with the fronts facing in. Sew up each side.

Take each of the strips and turn in 1/2 inch on each side, then fold in half (making a 2 in strip). Place the two strips together, and put them inside the bag (still inside out) so there is a handle at the top and the end stick out the bottom. Sew the bottom, to hold them in place. Fold the top edge outwards 1 inch and sew a hem. Turn the bag rightside out, and pin the handle in position on the outside of the tote. sew along the edges of both handle strips.

I hope this makes sense.

Vindemiatrix on May 13 '07 at 5:18pm

That's a really good idea! Having it blue for some days, brown for another... And it does look like a pretty simple method, which is always good. :) Although the disadvantage would be being unable to show off both designs at once...

Thanks very much for the idea :)

deboraborialis on May 14 '07 at 4:28am

You can have one side facing out on the way there, and the turn it round for the trip home. You'll look fancy! :)

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