Linux-related Crafts: Using Old Linux Shirts

I want to make my own Tux plushie, based on the pattern I blogged about before. However, I am just a newbie when it comes to sewing using a sewing machine so curves are really not easy for me right now. Anyhow, I’ve been looking at some T-shirt surgery guides and I think that some of them are fairly easy to follow. There are two things I’d like to do with some of my shirts.

• Use the entire shirt as a bag. Well, if not the entire shirt, then the body of the shirt. The sleeves could be discarded or used for something else altogether. There’s a guide to using an old shirt as a tote bag. That one’s fairly easy because the main material is the shirt, then thread and 2 big buttons. The sleeves will be cut off, the bottom part of the shirt will become the handle and it will be sewn at the shoulder part of the shirt. The neckline is the opening. Another idea for the shirt as a bag is a drawstring knapsack. Obviously, the sleeves will be discarded again. This will be awesome for shirts with really big prints. I have yet to look for a pattern for a drawstring knapsack. I suppose there is one that doesn’t require grommets because I don’t have tools for that.
• Use the design on something else. Make the design into something like a patch. I have some Linux shirts with cool prints. It’s just that they’ve gotten so worn already but some of the prints seem to be useful because they haven’t been damaged. One could make them into patches, probably. Or simply sew them onto bags or shirts, maybe even pillow cases just to show Linux love. I might actually do that for myself when I get some fabric paint so that I could express myself in a creative manner while advocating Linux.

Who says advocating and showing love for Linux needs to be expensive, right? Making your own Linux crafts is unique. At the same time, you manage to have new things even if you’re experiencing recession.

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