Old Long-Sleeve; New Knotted Tee

12:53 PM | Posted by StepThruCrazy | Edit Post

I love knots.  Is that weird??? I like them much better than bows... bows are a touch too frilly for me.  I think knots are their casual cousin.

I've had this long sleeve shirt kicking around my closet for a while.  I didn't wear it much without pushing the sleeves halfway up my arm (they were too short).  So it's been hanging up, neglected.  Until I remembered it this morning and realized it was the perfect shirt for the project that I've had in my head.






First, I cut the sleeves off.  Just a little past regular t-shirt length, but not quite 3/4... is there a term for that?  Anyway, since it's a tee, and I cut remarkably straight cuts (VERY surprising for me), I didn't hem them.  That and the fact that my sewing machine is in the chest that our TV sits on... hmmm, guess I should get that out at some point, I plan on using it...





Then I went around the collar and cut little slits from shoulder to shoulder.  I did seven cuts, but you could do as many as you want.  I didn't want too much poofiness going on, so I kept it simple.