Comments on: Reviving, part 2 https://www.revedreams.com/sewing/reviving-part-2/ teaching, design, and exploration Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:06:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Reve https://www.revedreams.com/sewing/reviving-part-2/#comment-39290 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:07:35 +0000 http://www.revedreams.com/?p=2833#comment-39290 In reply to melydia.

Yeah, it depends on how they’re worn out. Thin shirts could be doubled somehow, I’m sure, with one of the collars removed. Stretched is probably only good for scrapping for parts. Holes were actually the reason behind this technique in the original link – have that shirt as the top layer and cut out shapes around the holes.

Layering thin shirts reminds me of reading about Japanese high society circa 1000 AD – the fancy dresses involved 5+ layers of sheer silk, so women would demonstrate their artistic sense by layering colors to get beautiful effects from the combination. Maybe that’s the explanation behind the paper-thin t-shirts you find as often as not nowadays….

]]> By: melydia https://www.revedreams.com/sewing/reviving-part-2/#comment-39288 Thu, 30 May 2013 13:17:38 +0000 http://www.revedreams.com/?p=2833#comment-39288 This is pretty cool. Most of my shirts I’d want to revive are simply worn out – thin, stretched, holey, that sort of thing. I’m not sure if this sort of approach would work for those or if I should just give up.

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