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Worth the Work with Used Fabric?

1/14/2014

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In my efforts to use  tees as a basis for sewing, I have experimented with brand new tees and some old tees cut up and combined with fabric to create girls'' dresses.

Tomorrow I will post my pictures of the dresses and you will be able to see the difference.  If you are sewing for utilitarian purposes (play clothes, dress up clothes, house clothes ) then old tees are worth cutting up.  However, if the pattern involves detailed work, or new fabrics to embellish, it may not be worth the time.  Old tees look old, and it is a pity to put in a lot of extra effort and creativity when the result looks "old or used". 
If you are merely attaching a tee top with a simple attachment seam to one bottom piece of fabric it may be nice enough, but detailed work may be wasting time best given to a "new" item.

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    Sewing, machine embroidery, paper-craft, and stamping are my hobbies. At the moment die-cutting paper craft is my favorite, and I am sharing my projects with you on this website.

    If you're not giving every project away, sharing is the second best thing to enjoy; I hope you will enjoy the ideas and be inspired to do your own thing.

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