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Don't stash it, Repurpose it - What to do with your unwanted T-shirts
Post Date : 2015-05-26
An idea emerged--by using the comfortable fabric as a 'buffer' between my skin and the sweater. The trick of layering two pieces of clothing together is to ensure that the collar of the inner shirt,as well as the bottom of the T-shirt do not show through when worn. This is done by carefully sewing the white collar of the T-shirt beneath the collar of the sweater.
What do you do with your unwanted clothes?
Post Date : 2015-04-30
This plain all-black hoodie desperately needs a makeover so a few finishing touches are added such as two black buttons on the lower back, salvaged from other shirts and the most striking patch was an artwork from Hong Kong designer, Vivian Tham's collection, featuring Chairman Mao in drag. If I dare to ever wear this in China, I don't think I'd survive a minute living. Nonetheless, it sure adds a dash of vibrancy to the otherwise, drab hoodie.
What do you do with your unwanted clothes?
Post Date : 2015-04-30
A concealed black zipper (cost about $1) is also added to the front to ease the difficulty in removing the hoodie.
Don't stash it, Repurpose it - What to do with your unwanted T-shirts
Post Date : 2015-05-26
A plain jacket with navy blue reminiscent of the Mao jacket from a store in Singapore, was given a face lift on the back from removing the graphics from a worn T-shirt featuring President Obama rendered in the style that is reminiscent of the propagandist posters produced during the rule of Chairman Mao to promote communist values. A Mao jacket is basically a plain, high-collared, shirtlike jacket customarily worn by Mao Zedong and the people of China during his regime. The Chinese characters translate loosely as "Service for the people."
Shown here on the top is what the jacket looks like from the front and on the back is the graphics printed on a black T-shirt. Luckily, the darker blue matches well with the black and in a way, acts as a subtle contrast to differentiate the dark blue background to the surface of the graphics.
Don't stash it, Repurose it - What to do with your unwanted T-shirts
Post Date : 2015-05-26
Remnants of the fabric are used to make 2 pockets placed on the interior of the jacket. They were placed more inwards towards the side joints to ensure that the stitches are not visibly seen. Also, by latching on to the side joints, the pockets are further reinforced.
Don't stash it, Repurpose it - What to do with your maternity dress?
Post Date : 2015-05-26
While the scarf on the left was just an ordinary batik which was pieced together from the fabric on the right, what makes the scarf unordinary was the fact that it was fashioned from a maternity blouse which belonged to my mother who wore it almost 5 decades ago when she had me and my brother.
Don't stash it, Repurpose it - What to do with your maternity dress?
Post Date : 2015-05-26
The original blouse which the scarf was fashioned from was tapered with the bottom being wider than the top so when the scarf was repurposed from it, it also has a curvaceous nature although what isn't obvious in the image is the cut and sewn seams on the periphery to form a complete decorative border.
Don't stash it, Repurpose it - What to do with your maternity dress?
Post Date : 2015-05-26
A satisfied mom who was pleased that her maternity blouse could be repurposed to become a scarf. Therefore, don't stash it, just repurpose it.
Don't stash it, Repurpose it - What to do with your old T-shirt?
Post Date : 2015-05-26
The Chinese characters on right side of the blue jacket worn by my uncle during his trip with his family to Europe, is a patch salvaged from a dark blue jacket from San Francisco's Chinatown, purchased in 2000. In the picture that he shares on Facebook, the patch adorns the comfortable jacket which my uncle wears throughout the trip, seen here with a shot from Norway.
Don't stash it, Repurpose it - What to do with your old sweater?
Post Date : 2015-05-26
This hoodie from a trip in Vancouver Canada in 2006 has seen better years so repurposing it seems appropriate by placing a classical Chinese Mandarin rank patch from San Francisco's Chinatown on the front.
Don't stash it, Repurpose it - What to do with your old sweater?
Post Date : 2015-05-26
During the repurposing, a design flaw was fixed where an opening of the hoodie was introduced to allow easier sliding over the wearer's head.
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