One of my favourite things to do is to alter clothes, it's much more fun then making them from scratch ;) For Anthony's birthday I decided to find a shirt to alter since I had some fun robot patches and fabric. I got this at vertbaudet.fr
and turned it into to this...
Helen was so sweet and made me some cog shaped butttons from fimo to match!! Here are a few detailed photos. I didn't bother with getting nice finished edges, with boys, frayed edges are cool, so once this bad boy gets washed a few times it'll look even better. The red cog on the back is a reverse appliqué and I actually took that front pocket off, added the patch and then sewed the pocket back on with the contrasting red thread.
It's all wrapped up and ready and waiting for tonight ;)
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May 07, 2010
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That is WAAY cool! great job. :)
Posted by: CharlotteL | May 08, 2010 at 02:02 AM
Just showed this to Owen and he wants to know when I'm going to try it. ;)
Posted by: CharlotteL | May 08, 2010 at 02:05 AM
J'adoooooooore ce blog....
belles idees, mesdames...
Posted by: steph | May 08, 2010 at 04:10 PM
Merci Steph! Il faut que tu le dire a tout le monde aussi ;o)
bisous Helen
Posted by: Helen | May 08, 2010 at 04:42 PM
That is totally amazing!!!
Posted by: BarbP | May 09, 2010 at 04:15 AM
That is SO cute!!
Posted by: Stacy McFadden | May 10, 2010 at 03:09 PM
SOOOOOOOO cool, what boy wouldn't adore it!!
Posted by: Miss Susan | May 10, 2010 at 04:38 PM
That shirt is awesome. I think *I* want a robot shirt now.
Posted by: Meag | May 13, 2010 at 09:20 PM
This is so cool!!!
Posted by: Katie B | May 17, 2010 at 08:44 PM
This is SO cool, Cara!! Wow! I love that you took the pocket off and stitched it back on with the colored thread. SO fun. :)
Posted by: Linda Rodriguez | May 20, 2010 at 11:47 PM