Renegade sewing
Last year I taught Renegade sewing at our homeschool co-op. There were six teenage girls in the class. We deconstructed and reconstructed t-shirts to make clothing and accessories and constructed our own fabrics from cotton scraps that we then made into bags. The girls started out with a little knowledge of sewing, and fearlessly dove into their projects. We didn’t use any patterns in the class, but found wonderful inspiration in the book, Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt by Megan Nicolay. The girls had a great time and the finished projects were inspiring.
Some Student Work:
Complete outfit Deconstructed T-shirts by Sara
Reconstructed fabric Patchwork Bag by Sara
Deconstructed T-shirts Top
Reconstructed fabric Patchwork Bag
Some Teacher Samples:
Deconstructed T-shirt Skirt
Deconstructed T-shirt Bag
Reconstructed fabric Patchwork Bag
Generation T is one of my favourite books
Those are some really great creations.
What awesome projects ! Those girls made fabulous new, original creations. I used to volunteer teach a kids group too. Don’t kids have the greatest imaginations and no fear to try things. Good for you for teaching these teens ! I wish they still taught sewing in school here.
It was so much fun teaching the class. I was amazed at the girls’ fearlessness, and their finished projects were very special.