So to Sew

I actually don't know if that made any sense, but I liked the way it sounded. I found that I'm doing what I always do with things. I grow bored and pick up something else. This something else happens to be sewing – or tailoring old shirts to be exact. I have a shit-ton of old shirts that used to belong to my dad and have been through the wash so many times the cotton is all soft and it's lost it's ability to shrink. Thus the perfect vintage-y tee shirt. Right?

Wrong. My dad is much larger than I am and the old shirts are in fact so old, that I use them as pillow cases sometimes. That's how deformed they are. Good times.

So I picked up a shirt recently and really liked the fabric. And it was comfortable to wear, except for the fact that it was, you know, huge. I could have fit at least a second me. So I took it upon myself to learn how to sew. I bought a little sewing kit and cut up some fabric and voila - a shirt that I could wear in public. And I actually did - wear it in public

In LA nonetheless. To the Hammer Museum. I'll post pictures ones I get them on my laptop. Right now they're taking up space on my phone. Any links to good DIY sewing blogs/websites would be greatly appreciated. Especially for beginning sewers who don't have machines. Yet.

I have to work on my mom for one of her old ones. But they're like her children. Wish me luck