Once I start looking for something, I often see myself reaching this point where I keep seeing or finding that thing all over. Even if I don’t need it anymore.
That’s how it went with my passion to upcycle silk shirts. At one stage I realized how much I like to work with silk, just because it is the loveliest material to touch.
Running your finger through silk fabric feels like holding a mountain river in your hands or catching the wind with your fingers.
That’s when I started to only look for silk shirts in all the secondhand shops I visited. Up to this stage, where I own lots of silk shirts, and barely find the time to turn all of them into cute little blouses.
This week though I digged one of those shirts out…
…to turn it into something new.
Upcycling shirts is since I started sewing one of my favorite things to do.
Funny enough it was also one of the first sewing-projects I did. Back then though it wasn’t really a matter of choice but rather a matter of not having enough fabric. Since, back then, the inspiration to learn how to sew overcame me very spontaneously, I didn’t have a great stock of fabric with me. And the little I had was very quickly used up.
In need of fabric, I looked around and one thing I could find where some shirts of my man, that I decided to give a new life to. And that’s pretty much how I started turning shirts into wrap tops.
This time I didn’t make a wrap top. But I wanted to change the neckline and the length of the arms. Somehow, I really dislike shirts with short arms.
So, I cut off some parts, that I would use to lengthen the arms.
Crop the whole top.
Measuring and pinning, as always.
Assembling.
And change the neckline...
...through cutting off and serge the seams.
Sewing everything together.
Then of course I took off the old tag.
And replaced it with mine.
Sewing it on by hand.
Finally we are left with the off cuts.
And the blouse, of course.
Thank you all to take your time and stop by to share my stories with me!! Have a very lovely week!
(all photos are mine, taken by me)
