A shameful curse of the consumerist age is the overwhelming urge to refresh one's wardrobe... monthly! I'm trying to curb my unnecessary wardrobe cleansing by doing a bit of wardrobe blending. Today I'm trying out the splice technique. Cutting up two tshirts and putting them back together in a different order, creating two completely new pieces without an inch of wastage. The only additions are the thread to rejoin them and some masking tape to hold the pieces together - to avoid misalignment due to stretch - when sewing. The masking tape then tears of neatly along the stitch line. I tried some without the tape, it failed - the tshirt fabric bunched up a lot. After a successful sample, here goes the real thing.
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