When I was planning to make the loud hoodie and the dissonant cardigan, I showed pictures of the fabric to a friend, who agreed that both of the prints were fantastic. So! I decided to see if I could get what I had left of both of them (well, what was left of the apple print from the first order) into a single ridiculous sweatshirt for this friend.
Task achieved.
When I turned 40, I had the idea to thrift an Over The Hill t-shirt in a large size, then tailor it to be very close fitting. I found an appropriate shirt fairly quickly, but decided I'd keep looking for something better. Then I didn't find any more.
Then I forgot about the project.
For years.
When I remembered, world health was such that I did not want to spend time in thrift stores, so I looked online. I quickly discovered that classic, straightforward (with 1990s design) Over The Hill shirts aren't super cheap, and modern Over The Hill shirts are more likely to be that verbosely hyperspecific typography in a blender style that I am not the target market for.
Then I started playing around with iron-on letters. One of the sets of letters, acquired second hand, was obviously two sets of the same style and color, so I figured there were enough letters to spell anything, so I sorted out the needed letters, trimmed them close, and tacked them to graph paper
I thrifted a fabulous very 1980s/early 90s bit of pastel map print cotton knit a few years ago, not much more than a half yard. I finally decided to see if I could convince it to work to make a shirt.
It needed assistance.
The fabric in the previous post was acquired in a 2 yard by 60" precut. I used as much as needed to make that shirt, then decided to see if I could squeeze a shirt for me from what was left.
The fabric limitations meant it would more cropped than I usually go for, but once I decided to see if I had any appliqués I might use, I couldn't resist making it anyway
