Sequin Ohio Patch Crop Top (3)

The next project I am sharing with all you great people of the interwebs is very simple. Most of my projects will probably involve minimal materials because I only have access to what is in my dorm or what I can borrow from friends so I don’t have many sewing supplies. I created this shirt because I needed something cute to wear on game day. A lot of people complimented me on it and were all very surprised and impressed when I said I made it. I actually spent like an hour of the morning of game day finishing putting it together because it wasn’t ready.

So I started out with just this relatively plain crop top that had a patch that said “what’s up” on the little breast pocket (…….??). I knew that would need to be covered up if I was going to wear it in public and I realized my Ohio pride could do just the trick.

When I went to Goodwill to find some fun clothes to alter, I picked up a sequined tank top. I sized a silhouette of Ohio in word and printed it out, then cut it out. I pinned the paper to the sequined shirt and cut around the paper to make a sequined Ohio.

 

I positioned it on the shirt to cover up the “what’s up?” patch on the little pocket and pinned it down.

Finally, I used gray thread and hand sewed the sequined Ohio patch onto the pocket. I think I used a blanket stitch… I’m not really sure what it’s called, but the thing is on there so it worked. I was sure to not sew the pocket shut so it could be a little Ohio pocket. People were pretty impressed by the fact that its actually a pocket.

That’s all for this post! My next post will be up next week and I am excited to share it!

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Photo Credit: @lydiaelizabeth.photography