CraftFail

Tee Dress Fail

January30

by raphaelsmuse

Half of the fail in this tee dress is just my body shape/size…

I’ve been wanting for eons to make this tee dress from this video tutorial at threadbanger. EONS. So I finally did it tonight, after having some unexpected time on my hands due to the snowstorm. Well, it is certainly easy enough to do. Since I’m a plus-sized gal, I went out and bought the biggest shirt I could find (5XL shirt from Forman Mills), knowing I’d need something larger than a plain ol’ XL for the bottom half of my body. Well, a 5XL clearly is still not really large enough for my large hips and belly. This came out SO BADLY. I knew I had to take pictures before I chucked it in the trash. So I took the pictures, and then chucked it. My boyfriend said, “You could donate it to Goodwill or something” and I laughed, because I wouldn’t even dare catch myself wearing this around the house, let alone giving it away and thinking it would look flattering on anybody at all.

It emphasizes ALL THE WRONG AREAS. CHECK OUT THE LARGE MID-SECTION, PEOPLE, WITH THE BULGEY POCKETS. So horrendous. Maybe it looks better if I strike a fancy pose…?

Oh, the humanity.

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16 Comments to

“Tee Dress Fail”

On January 30th, 2010 at 10:53 pm Noadi Says:
Don’t throw it away. T-shirt fabric makes good cleaning rags.
On January 31st, 2010 at 11:19 pm Merry WA Says:
After stumbling across your site, can I say what a relief to find someone who is human & doesn’t live in a “perfect world”. I can now hold my head up high knowning that I am not the only craft fail person around!!

Thanks for sharing your failures in good humor!!
On February 1st, 2010 at 12:14 pm Notagirlymom Says:
Oh my.
On February 1st, 2010 at 4:35 pm Melody Says:
Thank you for posting this, because I think you’ve just saved me from wasting two or three t-shirts. That tutorial is easy and cute and I might’ve been tempted too. But you and I are built similarly, and now I can imagine all too well what it would look like on me.
On February 2nd, 2010 at 12:36 am Skooks Says:
Oh, honey.
On February 2nd, 2010 at 4:50 pm Fanboy Wife Says:
Thank you for taking a photo of it so we could laugh with you! (Who would make a design that puts pockets on the abs like that? Wouldn’t that look very, very strange once someone put her keys in there?)
On February 2nd, 2010 at 9:10 pm Felicity Says:
hmmmm. I can totally see the seductive power of the original video tutorial, it’s very clever with the sleeves into pockets thing, plus the faintly exotic (to me anyway) Australian (?) accent…But honestly, the finished dress didn’t look all that good on her either. I am with Fanboy Wife on the final location of the pockets.

Thanks for sharing! It strengthens my resolve to get my stacks of old tshirts etc into the trash or to the Goodwill…sometimes it’s ok to just say no to re-cons!
On February 3rd, 2010 at 8:25 pm movita Says:
Thank you. Seriously. Thank you.
On February 4th, 2010 at 10:42 am Heather - Dollar Store Crafts Says:
I don’t think I’ve EVER had a clothing item turn out well… I give you props for sharing your fail! I wish I had my clothing fails still so I could post them here for everyone to laugh about.
On February 5th, 2010 at 5:21 am Crafty - Crafts 100 Says:
hahahahahahaha! Oh thank you so much!
I am a craft lover – all be it a rather untalented one, who has just spent the last hour drooling over craft blogs of the “perfect” kind.
I have been left both inspired – and slightly depressed.
It must after all be simple to acheive perfect – for all but me!
Thank you for sharing your crafting mishaps and allowing me to feel a little less alone in my failures!
On February 5th, 2010 at 6:00 pm val Says:
maybe they are like marsupial pockets?
On February 5th, 2010 at 9:08 pm jami nato Says:
um, so hilarious. a)you are brave to post this.
b)i am still LOL-ing.
but it is awesome that you tried… first time stopping by your blog. can’t wait to browse all your fails!
On February 7th, 2010 at 7:20 am Almost Unschoolers Says:
Perfect craft fail! The frown in your photo says it all.
On February 7th, 2010 at 9:02 am the crafty fox Says:
I share your pain. A couple of years ago someone gave me a book by the same woman on all the things you can make out of t-shirts – none of which look better than the original, baggy old t-shirt! I’m just grateful that I didn’t receive it when I was 15 and might have been persuaded that putting safety pins and holes in my tops was a good idea!

I think this might work with a different fabric for the skirt though. There are lots in shops with a t-shirt top and more structured skirt attached. (I might not risk it though!)
On February 11th, 2010 at 9:00 am Cathi Says:
I’ve told you this before, but you are soooooo brave! I’m still laughing at Skook’s “Oh,honey.” Hey, how’d you get that spot on the t-shirt already? You really DID wear that, didn’t you? Thanks for the uplift.
On February 21st, 2010 at 10:08 pm Callipygian Says:
“What’s with the extra flappy material at the middle there? Oh, it’s pockets, I see. Huh.” I said to myself. Why would it have pockets like that right there? Fail indeed, thank you!
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