sewing project #1

a while back I chatted about Alabama Chanin & her sustainable fashion...when she was here for her studio class at Art:24, I even had a chance to meet her & grab her book - the alabama stitch book...there are some really awesome and great projects including an armchair sleeve pin cushion, reverse applique skirts & a tee shirt corset top.

I have been holding onto 4 vintage harley tank tops for about 5 years now. even in my wildest dreams as a freshman, i would not have been able to wear these tanks - they were tiny.

how convenient that there are projects for recycling tees in Alabama's book! my version below is a hybrid of her screen print corset & the reverse applique corset, on speed. Ie. i unfortunately do not have the patience to sew everything by hand...terribly sorry. so I pieced the harley tanks together for the corset part, pinned that to a solid piece of red jersey for the backing and basted the backing & corset part together. then i free-handed a rose-esque pattern across the side seam, and that was sewn by hand [promise!]...and blah, blah, blah 5 steps later, we have this beauty!




and best of all it fits me!

anyone else been inspired by another artist lately? what projects have you been up to?

xoxe