Thanks for all your great comments and suggestions for my studio re-org! I have some thinking and puttering to do back there…
Yesterday I made Maia another art smock.
My usually more-than-willing model didn’t want me to take her picture in this (although she wore it around the house for over an hour after I made it), so here it is flat.
It’s big on her, which is perfect for a smock. I’ve loved the giraffe smock and have wanted a second since she’s outgrowing the dress we use as a back-up painting smock.
I know a lot of people like the waterproof smocks that wipe clean, but I prefer something that I can just toss in the wash. I’ve never had a problem with paint soaking through to her clothes and like that it’s not stiff like the oilcloth-type smocks.
As with the first art smock, I used a t-shirt that was too small for me and cut it up the back. But this time I used bias tape for the edges rather than hemming them. I love both the look of the bias tape and how quick and easy it was to use.
Now I think I need to add a couple of hooks in the studio for hanging up Maia’s smocks…
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One Crafty Place Repurposed T-shirt to Artist Smock
April 28, 2009 at 3:17 am[…] Heres a great way to take advantage of old tees that are no longer in useturn them into an artists smock! See how The Artful Parent made hers here. […]
Anne
April 28, 2009 at 6:57 amVery cool! I posted a link to your tutorial on Craft Gossip Sewing Blog: https://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-refashion-a-tee-into-a-childs-art-smock/2009/04/28/
–Anne
Tutorial: Refashion a tee into a childs art smock Sewing @ CraftGossip
April 28, 2009 at 6:57 am[…] Keep your kids clothes from getting unintended embellishments from messy art projects with this art smock. Its refashioned from a small adult t-shirt. Find out how to make one from The Artful Parent. […]
julie k
April 28, 2009 at 12:07 pmWhat a great smock. I think I am going to try this for my daughter. Thanks for the idea!
Rachel
April 28, 2009 at 1:39 pmWhat a great idea! I’ll be linking to this.
Lynnie
April 28, 2009 at 4:46 pmThat turned out so cool! I especially like that it’s black because goodness knows how many colors of paint don’t actually come out of anything BUT black!
Julie
April 28, 2009 at 2:08 pmThis is so neat!Looks like it would cover Waaay more than regular art smocks.