#191-195 of 1000 Ideas by 100 Fashion Designers by Carolina Cerimedo

This is what I made from a big t-shirt and an old plaid men's shirt.

 

This is where I got my inspiration for this t-shirt and plaid shirt redo. (Scroll down for the how to.)

Ruffles and gathers!

This page full of fashion inspiration is from Cora Groppo. Click on the page to enlarge and see all the glorious details!

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1000 Ideas by 100 Fashion Designers

By

Carolina Cerimedo

Fashion isn't art. The latter can just be admired, while the first needs to be sold. How do designers create constant objects of desire? In this book, 100 designers give 1,000 tips on what it takes to be a great fashion designer. These tips address a number of issues: flare inspiration, collection concept, the promise of clothing, the use of fabrics, and more. New talents and renowned names provide insights and ideas for both expert and up and coming designers.

Carolina Cerimedo studied Media and Fine Arts in Argentina and received her master’s degree in Fashion Communication in Barcelona, Spain.

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How to take a t-shirt and plaid shirt and make a gathered dress:

I started out with a plain gray t-shirt.

I cut the sides into an "A" line shape. I also cut the neckline more into a deep scoop neck.

Then I drew a line on the wrong side of the t-shirt with dress maker's chalk where I was going to sew a casing for a bit of cord to gather the dress.

I folded the t-shirt on the line and pinned.

I then sewed a half inch from the fold line to create the draw string casing. I started from the front bottom hem and continued all the way to back hem.

Then I simply ran a bit of cord through the casing and knotted it on each end gathering as desired.

But with the gathering it came out a bit shorter than I wanted so what's a seamstress to do?

Why add some plaid! (hehe I made a rhyme!)

Pop on over to this post to see some pictures of the process I used, but basically I cut some long strips of a plaid shirt, serged the edges, gathered the strips with a small top ruffle on the top and a lot on the bottom and top stitched it to the bottom of the t-shirt. 

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I'm always interested to up-cycle garments. Nice work!

I'm sure this book will give me lots of inspiration as well.