The exclamation point is caused by a tone of incredulity on my part...we made skirts?! WE (as in I) made skirts???? COOL. Eliza came downstairs in one of her dad's old t-shirts yesterday, cut to shreds in her mission to personalize it for her own use (um, with permission, of course!). It got my wheels turning, and I remembered an article in a magazine that a friend left as a joke for me upon our return from Wisconsin. Have you seen Mary Jane's Farm? While there are some cute ideas in its pages, there are a few too many articles along the lines of "chainsaws for girls!" and "sew diapers for your indoor chicken pets!" (really) for me to take it too seriously, as I am close friends with several real-life woman farmers who would not find such information useful in the least. However, it makes for some good bathroom reading, and I came across a how-to for making t-shirt skirts! So, we tried it. One old Phish t-shirt and a thrifted $.99 shirt later...
Cute, huh? With headbands/hats to match! I can see the girls wearing these for days at a time. And I can see stenciling a little something in one corner...
Speaking of stenciling, here is the shirt I made for Dan for his birthday. Not as much WOW as the dragon, but I was pleased with it!
And while I'm talking about skirts, I have had the same skirt on just about every day for the past two weeks that I've owned it...My cousin Kelly made me a beautiful skirt to wear well into the fall. There is nothing like wearing something that was made with love just for you...
The last few days have been home-bound, as we've nursed Eliza through a virus that has swollen her tonsils and laid her low. What do you do with a sick one in your home? I feed them, of course. It might come from a feeling of helplessness, but making homemade chicken soup and noodles made sense as good food medicine, and it seemed to make her feel better. Elderberry tea, echinacea, garlic drops for her aching ears...she is mending quickly.
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Hmmm, I bet I could come up with some T-shirts that aren't being worn anymore! Any interest? These are cute! Is it really chilly enough for a winter sweater? YIKES! I'm loving the cool, crisp days, but I'm not ready yet for that much cold!Love you!
Debbie-cute skirts! I might try one of these for myself... And, of course, it was great to see you and the family the other week. Take care!
Hey, D, is there a link for the t-shirt skirt directions? I need a reason to set up my sewing machine. : )
Lisa
I was wondering if the t-shirt you made for Dan was made from an old skirt -- seems that would be a nice way of coming full circle. I'm just jealous because I can't make anything although I did shampoo the rugs today.
Oh my goodness! I made one of these last summer too! Only I thought I made it up. ha ha. I used two different colored t-shirts and put a band of darker color around the waist/hips and another around the bottom...that way the skirt was a little longer. :) So glad to see your creations.
xoxo
reba
Phish t-shirt purchased at a show at the Barrymore in Madison, Wisconsin in 1991. So great to see my daughter with it around her lower half. I LOVE my heron t-shirt. And my dear wife too.
Oh yeah! stuffed jalapenos and bananagrams! I want to get in on one of those dates!
oh, and Dan's t-shirt...beautiful!
Dan Dan the lucky MAn!
There are lots of online instructions for making skirts from shirts (Bagman - not so many in reverse, which just doesn't make sense, does it?!), but I wasn't able to find this particular one. I will tell you that it was EASY and I did it all by hand. I eyeballed where to cut across (near the armpits), leaving some extra room for gathering, and cut in a slight "A" line to the bottom. no hemming. YAHOO! fold over an inch or so at the top for the elastic to feed through - voila. high fashion....
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