Got my red shirt, ready to be an extra

I went for simplicity this time. After the Hacked-up Sweatshirt, I wanted to do something that didn’t require a lot of thought.  I started with a red t-shirt. It has a long underwear texture.

Adjustments to the dummy have been made. You can see the mammoth shoulders. (It is ridiculous how many attempts it took me to spell mammoth.)

In my head the neckline was more of a crew neck, so I thought I would trim that out into a deeper opening which is much more flattering on me. As you can see, I didn’t need to do that.

The shirt was a size too large, so I took in each side seam about an inch. This gave me just enough fabric to make flowers for the neckline and dress the whole thing up a bit.

Added the flowers. There is still some weird thing going on the shoulders and hips on the dummy. I haven’t figured out what makes them so wonky.

The whole process took less than a half an hour. (I didn’t have to convince anyone to use the bathroom during that time, so under normal circumstances, it might take a bit longer.)

A close up of the flowers. I basically gathered the fabric and stitched it together. Easy peasy.

Now I’m all set to go on Star Trek (or Lost) and be the random crew member who gets killed.

Tags: altered clothing, reconstructed clothing. sewing, ruffled flowers