Another T-shirt Bolero

Here is another bolero, made from anoter $3 DI t-shirt. I made it almost exactly the same way as the pink boleo in the previous post, just cut the front curve differently:

Making a Bolero from a T-shirt (Cost $3, took 20 mins)

Got a great sparkly t-shirt at DI for only $3, then refashioned it into a bolero! So quick and easy, it took less than 20 minutes! See detailed instructions at www.boleropattern.com/instructions (my new bolero website).

Good Luck at the Thrift Store!

Last week I went to our local Deseret Industries thrift store and had a piece of good luck. I found this sparkly, sequinned black bolero for only$4! The design is such that it goes perfectly with many of my newly-acquired dresses. It is the perfect fast, easy, inexpensive fix. In fact, it works so well with so many dresses, that I went looking online to see if I could find more. I didn't, so I'm going to make a pattern off of it and see if I can duplicate it. Moral of the story: don't discount the thrift store. You can find great stuff there.
Here are some examples of how you could use this bolero. First, here's a spectacular strapless dress with a very, very full skirt, lots of sequins, and lots of bling.

How to fix it? I don't want to cut fabric off the bottom, because then I would have to shorten all the layers, and each layer is very full. The bolero is a perfect solution. It fits the dress, with all the sequins and sparkle. Since the detail in the dress is all over, not just on the bodice, the bolero doesn't cover up the best part of the dress, either.
Here's another spectacular dress with basically the same issues. It would be hard to take material from the bottom of this dress, because of the pickup points, but the bolero works beautifully - fast, easy, and cheap:
As a final example - the bolero also works great on a simple dress. On this simple red strapless dress, the bolero becomes the design focal point, because of the sequins and sparkle:
Not bad for $4 and a trip to the thrift store!