https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/t-shirt-to-cheeky-garter-belt-refashion • Posted by Mikelina S.
I had been wanting to make my own lingerie for a long time but I had a hard time justifying putting that much time and energy into something I could only wear in my own house. Finally I gave up trying to justify it and just started sewing. Besides, I have made a number of pieces of men's lingerie (true story), why not make my own?
I had been wanting to make my own lingerie for a long time but I had a hard time justifying putting that much time and energy into something I could only wear in my own house. Finally I gave up trying to justify it and just started sewing. Besides, I have made a number of pieces of men's lingerie (true story), why not make my own?
I was inspired by this awesome graphic T I mined from a corporate thrift store in my neighbourhood. Originally they were going to be panties but I decided that wasn't quite cheeky enough for this find.
I started by cutting the tshirt open at the seams to create flat pattern pieces.
I marked my pattern on the right side so that I wasn't having to constantly flip it back and forth to make sure I wasn't cutting through the graphic.
I folded the shirt in half to make sure my cut was symmetrical.
I did the same with the blank back of the shirt. The blank piece will be the front of the garter.
I also made a liner out of the rest of the t-shirt so that the t-shirt cotton wouldn't stretch out of shape as easily. For the liner I just cut duplicates of the first two pieces. I sewed both the sets of pattern pieces together separately.
And attached them at the top, right sides together.
At the bottom I folded both hems in toward each other and sewed the bottom hem with a zig zag stitch.
With scraps from the t-shirt I created these four garters by cutting 1.25" widths and folding them in on each other so no raw edges are visible. I sewed them closed with a zig zag stitch.
For lack of ready garter clips I re-purposed paper clips which worked surprisingly well. So well that I doubt I'll replace them. And we're finished! Now go show them to somebody you really like ;)