Review: Some OK Ideas for Recycling Old Tees...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2014
I've been an avid seamstress for many years and always like to find ways to reuse and recycle remnants of fabric and older clothing too.The pros of this book:Some creative ways to use t-shirts and make some brand new looks from them.The Colorblock T shirt Dress is SO cute. And what a great idea to upcycle 3 t-shirts that you might not want to wear as shirts anymore. The instructions are very easy to follow too.The Effortless Caftan is an easy one as well, if you are looking for a lounging dress that would cost next to nothing to make.The 15 Minute Convertible Dress is ok too, but I don't think it could be made in that short of time.The cons: the photos are very small throughout this book and even zoomed in, are still hard to see all of the details of each item.The other patterns in this book I wasn't impressed with.The pleated "skirt" looked more like a little scooter, not what I expected, based on the name: Romantic Box Pleated Skirt.The Jeweled T shirt is just plain ugly!If you are in need of some inspiration for recycling some t shirts or have some knit fabric you want to use up, check this book out.Geraldine Helen Hartman, author and craft instructor