Sew a clever T-shirt hack inspired by
The Refashioners with this easy tutorial!
DIARY
Masterminded by Portia Lawrie
of http://www.makery.uk back
in 2011, The Refashioners
aims to inspire sewists to see
refashioning and upcycling in
a new light. What started as
a small blog series has now
exploded into an annual global
challenge calling upon sewists
the world over to dig out their
unloved, unworn, moth-eaten
garments and re-imagine them
into something fresh and new.
This year’s theme is #suitsyou- so head to your local charity
shop, get hacking and share
your creations on Instagram
at therefashioners2017. Did
someone say "monster prizes"?
Now, I’m certainly not claiming
to be of Jean Paul Gaultier's
calibre when it comes to
refashioning, but I do fi nd a
huge amount of satisfaction inThe D essmaker's
With Elisalex
Get involved
Follow
#therefashioners2017
for oodles of inspiration
and visit http://www.makery.uk
to fi nd out moreI
n case you’ve been living
under a rock recently,
refashioning is back in a
big way. I don’t mean safety
pins and tie dye, beaded knots
and mod podge (although
that will always be cool to my
inner tween), we’re talking
some seriously sophisticated
refashioning. The kind of thing
you’d expect walking the
runway at Jean Paul Gaultier- and if his autumn 2017
show was anything to go by,
it seems Mr JPG himself must
have somehow got wind of
this year’s o cial Refashioners
theme, Suits You!
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