HOW TO turn fabric scraps into modern t-shirts? 3 EASY ideas!

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Thoughtful Creativity - CRAFT, SEW, DIY

Жыл бұрын

Dear Sewing Friends, in this video I would love to take You with me on a Scrap Busting adventure :) Sewing clothes from fabric scraps is fun and brings out a creative side in all of us, for all tutorials mentioned in this video see below:
✂️ How to copy a t-shirt pattern - • HOW TO turn your t-shi...
✂️ 10 tips for sewing clothes from fabric scraps - • HOW TO use fabric scra...
✂️ Colorblock blouse - • How to draft the EASIE...
✂️ How to sew a t-shirt - • How to sew a neckband ...
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xxx, Alisa

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@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Want to see more "scrappy happy" ? :) here is another episode of this series - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNJgpZd2sZvWXac.html

@henriettelinkshanderin1449 Жыл бұрын

I love this! For me sewing with scraps or upcycling unloved garments is much easier than sewing with new fabric because if I fail it didn't cost any money and I learn so much every time. New fabric overwhelms me because I feel pressured to make something that is perfect. When I started sewing at the age of 13 I used scraps from my sister's sewing projects and old clothes and I just played with them. I recommend everyone to try that and to let their kids try that, too.

@sroscoe8038 Жыл бұрын

Loved all your creations unique to you ,your enthusiasm is inspiring thankyou

@julianachandler2975 Жыл бұрын

You are definitely the scrap-master. 😊 Awesomely, inspiring.

@mufithabuhari4021 Жыл бұрын

Wow Alisa, this is the best of all the scrap fabric videos you have done so far. Super creative. Tons of inspirations. Thank you so much.

@ThoughtfulCreativity 10 ай бұрын

I'm so glad!

@lynleybreeze3283 3 ай бұрын

You are my friend. Love from New Zealand. Love your spark.😊

@rubyjenkins1738 Жыл бұрын

I loved each and every t-shirt.

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Ruby!

@joang.cavanna2046 Жыл бұрын

All the T-shirts are beatiful!

@normacooper6377 Жыл бұрын

Clever & creative use of scraps.🎉

@barbaraandrews402 Жыл бұрын

I find creating from leftover fabric is so satisfying. I love all four of today's makes. You have given me an idea for a print panel I bought and never used so thanks for that too!

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Oh yes, that's good thinking about knit panels, now you have given me an idea :)

@jsd2457 Жыл бұрын

Keep the scrappy videos coming.

@kristicitak3932 Жыл бұрын

Your eye 👁️ for color is amazing every time ❤❤❤

@DH-ku6qg Жыл бұрын

Love videos about T-shirt make overs and recycling. Good job with these.

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@kriskeuler4455 Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh I love scrappy happy❤❤❤the last tee is my favorite 😍 you R amazing ❤

@juanitar.miller5210 Жыл бұрын

I liked all of the shirts but was especially impressed by the shirt with the 3 horizontal bands; superb! (And very flattering, also)! I am going to try that one, for sure!

@kathygann7632 Жыл бұрын

On the palm print, how about “Stay calm” or Stay Palm”?

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Omg, that's so cute!!!

@jennifermaddock4382 Жыл бұрын

Great ideas and very simple to put together. Excellent video.

@katwitanruna Жыл бұрын

Loving the scrappy series!

@juliebute4063 Жыл бұрын

Great garments. Love them all!!!!

@estellesmith6418 Жыл бұрын

Love them all but my favorite is the pink one with the spots.

@ireneparker8253 Жыл бұрын

I love these ideas. I think your solution for the sleeve was perfect. Because it shows how you can make the smallest scraps work. Cotton Lycra is my favorite fabric. I always have loads of scraps. It is too pricey to let any of it go to waste. Thanks!

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

You're so right, Irene, about using even the smallest parts of the fabric and yesssssss.... good cotton lycra can be pricey, so no way I am letting any of that go :D

@rosannecosta2646 3 ай бұрын

love the A-symmetrical look

@zenaidanegron6943 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos. You are so full of positive ideas.

@carolg.6838 Жыл бұрын

I saw the KZfaq plaque and thought great, she has 50,000 subscribers. Let me see how many she has now. 260,000! Congratulations! I like the black with black stripe t-shirt the best.

@jankerslake5813 Жыл бұрын

What a clever use of scraps! Such great ideas and they looked great. Thank you for the inspiration…. I will be taking a look at my bag of stretchy scraps now.

@andreakopf8063 Жыл бұрын

Wow! I Love your ideas! Lovely greetings from Germany, Andrea!

@romonaelrod7870 Жыл бұрын

Cute tops,great use of small bits of fabric.

@sonyaarcher1906 Жыл бұрын

5:33- 🤩 Wow! Super awesome idea! You are amazing! Love this :)

@pavlal.4552 Жыл бұрын

These t shirts look really awesome. I love your creativity Alisa. Have a lovely weekend 💗

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Awww, thank you so much, Pavla! I am so glad you enjoyed, and I hope you got plenty ideas :) have a wonderful weekend!

@fenderskirt8 Жыл бұрын

All the tshirts are very nice!

@MarahScott Жыл бұрын

Love that wave colorblocked tee! Thank you for the idea

@sandrafrancis8577 Жыл бұрын

I like the black and stripes.

@marygeorge9688 Жыл бұрын

Cute ideas. Thank you for sharing these.

@clarapn Жыл бұрын

The rose one is my favourite but all of them are bautiful! You are the queen of the T-shirts!❤🤩👏👏

@BizLookSee Жыл бұрын

Another fantastic and encouraging video. Thank you!

@swiinka Жыл бұрын

I love your scrap busting videos (not that there was anything wrong with the pattern drafting ones!). A wee idea to build on top of the one with a large rectangle block in the middle: make it a patch and even have it fray/roll a bit on purpose. Could be a nice, grungy vibe :) That wave t-shirt is amazing! Many would probably go for dolmen sleeve to make their life easier, but not you :)

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

he he :) oh yea, the patch would work if you have enough for a full front pattern piece, but in this case it works since you can use up small fabric scraps to "build out" the front pattern piece around that rectangle. I do patches/applique on my daughter's t-shirts a lot (mostly to cover stains, lol). Ah, you read my mind, I would go for a dolman sleeve for the wave one, but I did not have enough width of the black knit because I cut it out from the existing t-shirt with logos, and the t-shirt was my actual size, so I could not cut out the dolman sleeve, aggrgrgr :D

@swiinka Жыл бұрын

@@ThoughtfulCreativity ah, right I forgot you were working with a rtw tee! BTW a patch could be a good idea to cover logos up 😜

@marilynhardman5239 Жыл бұрын

You are so clever, thank you for sharing your videos. 💐

@Joy-eq6qg Жыл бұрын

LOVE your hacked t-shirts! In my humble opinion, you exceeded yourself with all three! In my mind, I'm seeing a t-shirt made in three shades of white. I'll know the colors when I get them. You inspire me & I sincerely appreciate what you do in your videos. THANK YOU, ALISA❤

@10mileroadie Жыл бұрын

wicvckeed cute, dear friend!

@10mileroadie Жыл бұрын

wicked 😇LOL child on my lap

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

@@10mileroadie he he, all so familiar, happens to me a lot :)

@Thistlebeee Ай бұрын

Love all of them, you are very talented!

@anitabruzelius3905 Жыл бұрын

I zoo love the way you create. It inspires me so much. To me it is no rules just have fun, and that is what makes me happy. I started my sewing with cutting apart a favorite longsleved t-shirt into small pieces and then like two more and putting them back together. I love that top. even if i made some misstakes.

@ebbram9879 Жыл бұрын

Love the black and stripe

@astridtaw Жыл бұрын

Me too ... me too.

@harukazeeh 10 ай бұрын

This is a very nice scrap fabric combination project! The first one you made is kind of the same as the t-shirts I combined to make a shirt. i don't like the prints so I combined them by cutting a rectangle in the yellow shirt and I cut a black rectangle, sew it in the yellow shirt and added randomly placed yellow strips on top of the black rectangle. I hand-sewn it and I still wear it often for 4 years! Upcycling is really fun!

@dianneandres3770 Жыл бұрын

Great ideas Alisa! I think it's time for me to use up all those scraps I've acquired over the past few years.

@amylynn9034 Жыл бұрын

Yay! I just bought some fat quarters and have been thinking about what I can sew from them. Thank you for your creativity!

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Oh, yes, in the same series I have a linen shirt made from fabric scraps - you might like that one for your fat quarters and then at the end of this video I left a link for 6 scrappy projects for home - good ideas for your fat quarters :)

@petro3441 Жыл бұрын

Amazing what you can come up with...❤

@vivenna Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love all of your color blocking ideas and results! You inspired me to sew many color blocked shirts myself and they usually end up being the most fun projects! :) The wave one as well as the striped last one are definitely on a mental bookmark - might make something similar in the future :)

@gsparks8444 Жыл бұрын

So creative and cute! I love all of your scrappy T-shirt designs!

@charleonard7874 Жыл бұрын

I like all of them but I really love the last two.

@jacquipayne7346 Жыл бұрын

where's the SUPER like button? LOVE all the shirts you made, amazing!!!!

@marybrown9207 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful and creative as usual !! I've been sewing for more years than you've been alive and you're teaching me things, thank you

@ThoughtfulCreativity 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, Mary, for watching and being here, happy sewing to you!

@MiddleEastMilli Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! This was so helpful! Also helpful, was the k-pop sounding music! LOL! :)

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Ha ha, lol, was that K-pop? I have no idea, I just like the beat, lol, cheery and fun :)

@MiddleEastMilli Жыл бұрын

@@ThoughtfulCreativity It was not originally k-pop but they were some kind of remake of a very popular k-pop drama's music! No joke! I think the name was Heirs with Lee Min Ho. A very PG yet grown up drama series. See if you can find it.......even if it just a couple of episodes......it will lighten up your heart especially toward the end! Good ending!

@MiddleEastMilli Жыл бұрын

Boys over Flowers is the correct title!

@irenafigurska3969 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic ideas for unusual clothing:)

@realizeurdream7399 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic creations. ❤

@vickismallwood2082 Жыл бұрын

I love this idea. At first I was thinking this isn't for me until I started watching how easy it is to play with the material. This has inspired me to try using scraps that I would otherwise have never thought about. My favorite 2 are the lemon shirt and the three different colors. Thank you for pushing me out side my comfort zone. I just love your enthusiasm.

@lz738 Жыл бұрын

These came out really cool!

@lvlatka Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for inspiring me, have alotta knit, jersey scraps. Will give it a try😊

@malathiepahathkumbura1298 Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤

@silvinhajusti Жыл бұрын

I am obsessed with this! I especially live the combination of black and white! ❤

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

ooooh, I love your scrappy-happy makes, too, that linen dress was great!

@susannanghiloloka3296 Жыл бұрын

Once I start watching I find it hard to stop. So inspiring.

@laurieschmitz3897 Жыл бұрын

I love all of the ideas but especially the last 2. Super cute! Thanks for another great video! I really love your channel❤

@porkchop9024 Жыл бұрын

Loveeee the black and white striped version!

@astridtaw Жыл бұрын

Ooohhh... how I love this video! You keep amazing me what a good designer you are. I'm more of a copycat of your designs... I hope you don't mind. All the projects in this video are impressive, especially the wave-so beautiful! Thank you very much for sharing.

@rimmysingh6782 Жыл бұрын

Love your scrappy t-shirts! You always have amazing ideas. I look forward to your videos each week and you never fail to inspire me!

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Rimmy, thank you for tuning in every week, I am so happy that you get lots of ideas and inspiration from these videos, that's the best thing that I can hope for :)

@KSMP Жыл бұрын

So stellar and inspiring as usual!! Love the second striped top especially. Great tip about straightening the side seams. I LOVE horizontal stripes and hope to create with them a lot ☺️☺️

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Horizontal stripes are fun, can be a bit challenging at times, but fun :)

@theresaanndiaz3179 Жыл бұрын

I love the swoop tee the best, I think continuing it under the arm is very clever. The blush shows up well on the triple scrap tee. I would like it better if the bottom was black, the white is too much contrast for me, it draws my eye rather than blends. However, in the white tee with the square the pops of white in the pattern are what makes it so successful. I am very impressed and inspired by them all.

@evelynferrer1322 Жыл бұрын

Very nice. Great ideas

@SewAndTellwithDori 10 ай бұрын

Hi Alisa. Great t-shirts! A friend of mind will make panties using smaller pieces of t-shirt weight knit fabric. I thought that was an amazingly creative idea for knit scraps. Really enjoying your channel!

@05grandkids Жыл бұрын

Great job. I love all of your new t-shirts. Thanks for sharing your sewing talents.

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, June!

@pamd6532 Жыл бұрын

I just love the fabric you chose for the white knit. So cute!

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊I think those little white flowers help tie it all together.

@mymai5859 Жыл бұрын

Great designs👍💐

@Jo-anT Жыл бұрын

I so love the yellow. 😊 You are an inspiration and your happy personality is contagious. 🥰

@rickbrowder7161 Жыл бұрын

Those were awesome, favorite is asymmetrical curvy line; the right sleeve should have shown more of the stripe ,maybe about halfway up the sleeve arm, and the 3 different color patterns was also wonderful liked that very much. Asymmetrical patterns would be great, lot of potential for different contrasting patterns. Thank you very much. Enjoyed this video.rab.

@kathygann7632 Жыл бұрын

I loved how you saw the pink stripe was too wide. I wouldn’t have thought about that, but it looked so much better!

@sylvienayman8441 Жыл бұрын

Love all of these!!!

@imsewblessed1578 Жыл бұрын

Hello Alisa 😊 they all are super cute. My favourite is the white with the rayon in the middle block. It has endless possibilities. It reminds me again of that book “Something from Nothing”. Have a great weekend. 🥰

@ThoughtfulCreativity 11 ай бұрын

Christine, we were just reading yesterday the "Crafty llama" and thought of You! Hope you are doing well, big hugs!

@sunnysideup8283 Жыл бұрын

All are looking fun, but the one with the wave pattern is super cute..

@karenhoman5752 Жыл бұрын

Really nice! I can’t wait to try it.

@mrgarner4796 Жыл бұрын

Alisa!!!! You are so smart. Just where do these wonderful ideas come from? Question... do you wake up in the middle of the night with an idea for us? Love your videos.

@sarahrudd4995 Жыл бұрын

10:36 this wave t-shirt has vibes of a wrap top. Just love it ❤

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Oooh, good thinking I did not even think of it that way, could create a fun double mock wrap top.

@CrownedLily Жыл бұрын

I've actually been thinking about just cutting out a ton of squares out of my scraps and then just patch working them together and maybe making a patch worked dress or something.

@lissayers8901 Жыл бұрын

Love this. I haven't sewn in a long long time. But one day I hope to get back to it. Love the last one with the pink and white the best. You are so talented. Thank you for sharing your gift with the world.

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Liss, I hope you get a chance to get back to sewing, I find that hand-sewing is very relaxing and does not require pulling out a sewing machine and other tools, so it can be an "on the go" hobby. In the meantime - thank you for watching :)

@dsego1183 Жыл бұрын

I’d have to say my favorites are the black spotted, pink and white and, the lemon shirt. Super cute!😊

@suzysewsnv4445 Жыл бұрын

Cute!!

@Penguinandpear Жыл бұрын

Love this video! So creative and fun. Possibilities are endless!

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

@barbarawarner4645 Жыл бұрын

These are so fun! Thanks for the inspiration.❤

@charlineholness8757 Жыл бұрын

I love it very beautifull

@MN-om5di Жыл бұрын

Super nice

@noraomariaccessoiresomari4239 Жыл бұрын

Bravo! It's very beautiful 😍

@gravedigger447 Жыл бұрын

This is so lovely! I don't usually buy knits so I haven't got scraps. What I do have is a ton of tshirts from the thrift shop in all sorts of colours (fill a shopping bag for $1 😊) I'll use them and see what happens. Thanks so much for the inspiration!

@vivienlee610 Жыл бұрын

I love the t shirt you're wearing which I presume you made too?!!!

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Yes, you are right and the drafting/sewing tutorial for it is one the channel, made it like 2-3 years ago :)

@vivienlee610 Жыл бұрын

@@ThoughtfulCreativity I'll have to look that up obviously! I love all of your videos, you spark our imagination and are such fun. You make the self drafting not scary to have a go at!

@shellee888 Жыл бұрын

Totally worth the effort! Cute results!🎉🎉🎉

@rosannecosta2646 3 ай бұрын

very nice

@Wrightn221 Жыл бұрын

Cute

@laheebk Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous tshirts and very pretty ideas. Do you have a link for your ironing mat? Thank you

@marybillups8901 Жыл бұрын

Being creative is so fun!❤

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

That's the key! Creativity and experimenting has this power of giving you the freedom to create and try new things! :)

@msmith3158 Жыл бұрын

Hi Alisa, thank you for sharing amazing sewing ideas. Can I please request for a formal wear blouse design which can be worn with skirts ❤

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Already have it on a channel, more than one :) I have a romantic blouse with neck tie and long sleeves and butterfly sleeve blouse and a button up shirt/blouse and many others :)

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hL-Dkrd7l9yvYY0.html - romantic blouse with ties and long sleeves

@Musicwarmsmysoul Жыл бұрын

Gotta ask... Are you on a Lazy Susan? I do like the combo of fabrics. One of my favorite tees combines a galaxy print and a math print!

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Ha ha, took me a minute to understand what you mean by Lazy Susan and then when I got it I was laughing so hard :) ha ha, just a super slippery pair of socks :)

@Musicwarmsmysoul Жыл бұрын

@@ThoughtfulCreativity OH! 😆😆😆

@Hyaphill Жыл бұрын

I know what's easier put the pattern fabric on a t-shirt you already have😊. Or make a t-shirt then add the fabric on top. Easy as pie.

@ThoughtfulCreativity Жыл бұрын

Yes, you can do that as well, and I do that with applique, usually with hearts, but the point of this is to use up fabric scraps, like in the case of yellow knit - I had enough for the panels, but not enough to cut full pattern pieces so arranging the panels around a rectangle works out better than what you suggested, when with talk about using up scraps.