Modified

In my studio is a large stack of clothes waiting to be modified. Some are too large, some too small and others are just too cool to be thrown out but have become nearly unwearable for one reason or another. My all time favorite t-shirt was one of those because our lovely dogs stole it to use as a chew toy. Every great once in a while I would wear it out anyways but the fact that I could sew and was still wearing a holey shirt kind of bothered me.
This is the shirt. An American Apparel deep V in a perfect shade of gray, the perfect size. The find of this jewel at an outlet store inspired the purchase of several more at their full $22 price, but nothing could quite replace the original, worn to perfection.

The problem: there was a number of small to medium holes down the front, all relatively close together. The solution: another t-shirt from a thrift store with an awesome image but too small for me to wear.

In the words of Tank Girl, "Snip, Snip". Now I have a few miscellaneous holes elsewhere that are going to be patched from the inside with deep red fabric to look like the rats have had a nibble or two of me and voila! A new shirt. Okay, so I'm probably still going to get stared at but at least this way I can say it was intentional.

Happy altering!