Monday, December 27, 2010

singaporean mob boss

This shirt I found on one of my thrift-store hunts. It was only 1 dollar! I was really drawn to the paisley print--it looked so cultural :P

before
mom: are you serious? that looks like a shirt that belongs to a singaporean mob boss
I guess I could see the rational behind my mom's comment--the shirt DID have a tinge of asian flavor to it. I decided to go with the asian theme and make the shirt even more asian, just for a girl :P

grey flower dress

before

I got this dress a while ago while thrifting. There were so many things not wearable about this dress:

1. SUPER long, but short sleeves?!
2. grey boring color + boring pattern
3. it looks like a pillowcase
4. i look like a grandma >__>

Monday, December 13, 2010

valu-plus XXL shirt

Valu-plus is a store just across the street from our apartment that happened to be going out of business this past week. As a result, they are liquidating pretty much all their goods, including plain cotton t-shirts. Normally, I never buy just plain cotton T's, but ever since I started following sewing blogs, I've had an urge to grab every cheap fabric source I can get at to practice sewing xD Here's a shirt I found for <$1!

before:
jared's subway commercial take 2 xD
Haha I really have a soft spot for these XXL shirts--mostly because they can easily become tunics ;)