Holiday Craft-Off Winner: Katie Dylewski
Issue #26
Vintage Queen T-Shirt Gown
By Venus Zine Staff
Published: December 1st, 2005 | 1:52pm
SUPPLIES
· 40+ concert t-shirts or fabric scraps ($0 if you have 'em all, or a few dollars at the thrift store)
TOOLS
· straight pins
· sewing machine
· A trusty friend who is capable of pinning you in your skivvies
TOTAL COST: $0-$20
SKILL LEVEL: Need Some Know-How
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Collect approximately 40 old t-shirts. If your stash isn't quite that large, you could:
· Buy them for 50 cents in the kids section at Salvation Army
· Collect scrap fabric (I used a pieces of my graduation gown, some from an ex-boyfriend’s boxers, pieces of velvet)
· Swap with your friends (I recruited about 5 friends to give me shirts)
2. Cut patches. Each t-shirt with a graphic usually gives about a square foot. Leave extra for when you sew.
3. Pin panels together and sew on the "wrong side."
4. Easiest route to Dressville: Drape the fabric over yourself inside-out (screen prints facing you) and ask a friend to gather the fabric behind you and pin along the length of your body, making it tight or loose to preference.
5. Carefully slide the fabric off, still pinned, and sew along the pin line. Add elastic, ribbon, halter-neck tie, embellishments, and lining as desired.
6. Wear the hell out of your swanky old-yet-spanking-new dress.
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