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Stephanie Machuca
Sarah Ibrahim
Professor Haydee Jimenez
Art 3100 – Social Engagement FFM
8 May 2019
Project Brief Objective:
We want to inform others about the dangers of pollution that results in fabric waste being
dumped in huge landfills. Bringing this awareness will help our audience become more cautious
about fast fashion and how it affects us. Making your own items from old t-shirts can help reduce
the fabric waste harming the environment, since it is one of the main apparel products being sold
and mass produced, henceforth thrown away. Upcycling can shift consumer behavior and help
people limit their spending.
Questions:
Does “hand-made” affect the quality and functionality of an item? What audience are we
reaching? How can we make others interested about being mindful of the fabric waste produced
by fast fashion (including us as consumers)?
Mission:
We thought about creating a fanny pack because the idea of carrying small necessities
(including coins) near you was brought up. When going to the laundromat, it can be a hassle to
carry so many coins in pockets or lugging around a bag. We also considered others that may find
this useful, like the homeless. The fanny pack can be made from t-shirt yarn using techniques
like crocheting, weaving, braiding, hand-stitching, and knotting.
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Research: Inspiration
Design examples
Useful videos
T-shirt yarn
https://youtu.be/e-UOc9RHdAY
Single Crochet
https://youtu.be/aAxGTnVNJiE
Weave with cardboard loom
https://youtu.be/AWLIy-Um7_0
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Schematics: Sketches of plan
Materials:
The materials we used are: three to four old t-shirts, a loom (preferably hand-made from
cardboard), weaving needle (or something similar in order to have a better grip of transferring
the weft yarns around the warp yarns, like a bobby pin), thread, hand-sewing needle and scissors.
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Process:
Step 1: Making the yarn.
We cut the t-shirts into yarn. The bodice of the shirt is folded in half and cut into 1 inch
(about) long sections. The strips are not cut all the way, one must stop cutting about an about an
inch away before the edge. Once that is completed, the uncut part is cut diagonally towards the
next strip so that one continuous strand is made. The sleeves were cut off and saved to make
more yarn.
Step 2: Making one side of the body
Stephanie single-crocheted a 12.5 x 5.5 inch rectangle. The size can vary, depending on
personal taste.
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Step 3: Making the other side of the body
Sarah wove a “2 x 2” 10.5 x 5.5 inch rectangle. Again, length and width can vary. A “2 x
2” weave is when the weft yarn goes under two warp strips and over two warp strips (repeated
until it reaches the end).
Step 4: Making the straps
Stephanie braided the two straps with three yarn strands, the lengths are 20 inches and 26
inches. Having braided straps that are sturdy enough to resist the weight of both the crocheted
and woven rectangles is important.
Step 5: Attaching everything together
Sarah hand-stitched all the pieces together. The order of stitching them together does not
matter.
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Step 6: Lining and flap (optional)
Adding a lining and flap is optional. Stephanie hand-stitched a lining against the woven
rectangle because it was not sturdy enough. A removable flap was attached with knots made with
remaining t-shirt scraps.
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Lining
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Flap
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Fanny Pack with Flap
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