Do-it-yourself shredded t-shirts with full instructions

July 3, 2009 by Linda Lanese

by, CAMILLE

designer Raquel Allegra

I discovered this awesome designer Raquel Allegra and was fascinated by her unique clothing designs. As you will see in her video, she uses jail-house worn tees that she buys in bulk from a rag house. She dies, cuts, sews and shreds the tees to create her awesome pricy designs. She did not show us the shredding process, but I did locate a video on how to shred a tee by, CAMILLE, OF CHILDHOOD FLAMES. She has a video plus a complete pictorial tutorial. Camille is 15 years old and lives in Portland, OR. This seems to be a big fashion statement this summer, so dig up some worn tees and go crazy.

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How to Make a Cozy Coffee Gift Card Holder

If you’re gift giving to a coffee lover give them a gift card to their favorite coffee shop in a handmade coffee themed gift card holder. Nicki created this delicious and cozy card with a rounded flap that has a die cut Cup of Joe and some tasty cookies. For the cookies she die cut and dry embossed them, adding some white pigment ink for color and texture and glitter for sugar. I love how the bold red mug pops on the blue card base!

Inside on the flap is a pocket for the gift card and a sweet stamped and die cut sentiment.

Visit the Altenew blog to watch her video tutorial.

-Heather