Summer Fashions

 I went to the thrift store and just looked at the brightly solid colored tee's. It was better to pick the bigger ones so I had enough fabric to make more than one shirt with it. It's funny when you focus on one thing to find at the thrift store it's like they just glow from the rack. I love setting limits like this, to focus on one style of something. 

So I put the shirts on the dress form and started cutting away and pinning other colors together. I let the tee do what it wants, I just pin it in place. Depending on the feel of the cotton you can mold it too. The hardest thing with this method is making sure that you have a structured piece that's not going to stretch out of shape. So I added a little clear elastic here and there to help with that. 

 

For the skirts I hunted down vintage sheets and combined them together so I could make a few of them. It's a wrap skirt so I could make one for a variety of sizes, for a better fit. I cut apart some toddler dresses and I used the bodice backs for large vintage style patch pockets. I laid the bodice backs on the skirt with the center backs horizontal to the floor so the back armhole is the pocket opening.