A long time ago, when I wasn’t in a sewing phase, I liked
making my own T-shirts.. Ok, I didn’t make them in terms of sewing, but I would
take textile paints and draw and write on them.. That’s how I made personal
touch on basic tees.. At that time, I tried a lot of different textile paints..
For this tee I used Tulip 3D fabric paint - slick in color leaf green.. The
paint is easy to apply and it only has to dry for 24 hours after that.. No
ironing.. This paint proved better than similar Pebeo paints.. Tulip paint
stayed on fabric after washing, and Pebeo were easy to pull off after couple
machine washes.. The only damage that happened on my shirt is cracking of the
lines.. Probably because of all the machine washes it has been through.. The tee
is from 2008 or 2009.. I loved listening to The Rakes, and their song The world
was a mess but his hair was the perfect was something I had to put on a T-shirt..
Unlike my other designs, this one is very simple, just text, nothing else..
The skirt is made by me.. A year or two ago, I bought this
lovely rayon with the bird print.. My friend already had the same fabric, but
in blue, and the black one was like made for me.. I love wearing black and sometimes
I miss it in my wardrobe.. This is a perfect match of black and a little
color.. The piece of fabric I used for this skirt was actually from a remnant
box.. After buying regularly 2 m of this beautiful rayon, I saw another small
piece of it, length 50-60 cm, in the remnant bin.. The skirt is a simple
gathered rectangle.. I’m still afraid to cut the large piece of the fabric.. It’s waiting for the perfect dress pattern..
On the last photo you can see my favorite Converse sneakers..
They have survived many years.. In a first year I kept them clean.. In second
year I used one of Pebeo textile 3D paint, color black, to doodle on them.. There
are a few stars, and I just had to write Kelecukwu Okereke.. Even then his name
was fun to write everywhere.. If you think I’m some kind of a crazy person who
knows all band members names, you’re wrong.. Kele is alpha and omega in my
world.. One and only exception.. I’m simply not interested in anything more
than listening to the music.. The dirt you can see on my sneakers, I like to
say that it’s from The Rakes gig I had the privilege to see live back in September
2009.. My friends and I had a great time there.. I left the dirt in memory of
that night.. A couple of weeks after the gig in Belgrade the band split apart :(
Thanks to my favorite sister Dina for taking these photos :)
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