What a night at the Museum of Art and Design (MAD)! To those among the over one hundred who came through the workshop studios last night–thanks for stopping in to create the rock star atmosphere, and thanks for sticking around for lots and lots–and lots!–of T-shirt refashioning. The evening began at 5:30 with my first ever live podcast on Etsy Labs, moderated by the lovely Julie. People signed on from all corners of the globe while I transformed a T-shirt worn by the lovely Jessica (of MAD) into a halter top.
1-3) Then “moderator Julie” of Etsy seamlessly (ha!) transitioned into the role of “model Julie” as she put on a T-shirt while I demonstrated how to make the ever-popular Back in Action T-shirt:
It was back to the halter top an hour later, as Christina, also of Etsy, stepped up on the demo stool to face the scissors! But more exciting was seeing what all of you were up to.
4) Digging into the piles of T-shirts that MAD and Etsy scavenged from a Brooklyn Salvation Army store. 5) Showing off cutting and looping techniques to make Back in Action. 6) More Back in Action (it’s a popular design!–find it in book 2, project 101!)
7) An “apron halter”–made with a Martha show T-shirt. 8 ) Hmm….what T-shirt to choose? 9) Hems make great drawstring material!
10) Well, what does the book say? 11) And what does the book say here? 12) Getting down to business with those scissors…
13) Expanding and embellishing a too-small T-shirt with Outer Lace (project #16 from the first book). 14) Poking holes down the sides on that Outer Lace project… 15) And putting it on in order to put on the finishing touches–I like her style!
11) 16) Hyun purchased a copy for her maternity-bound boss–see the Kid Rock chapter! 17) Hard at work… 18 ) T-shirt scraps can be braided to make any number of accessories–like headbands, necklaces, handbags, and here, a bracelet!
19) Back in Action (project #101) was clearly the crowd favorite, whether it be in purple… 20) Gray, aqua… 21) Or minty green — hi Mom!
22) Here, the Back in Action top gets some full frontal attention! 23) And this party-goer reminds us not to leave out the sleeves. 24) An oldie but goody, here’s Tying Game, project #33 from the first book!
And thanks again to MAD and Etsy for the abundance of orphaned T-shirts they provided so that all of us, with a little bit of shear genius, could give them loving homes!
[ Posted on August 14th, 2009 ]
