Dyeing Experiment For a Yoolie!

Remember last fall...when Rice started a Yoolie sensation, I ran out to the thrift shop and found several tops I though I could alter into Yoolies.  I made the first one out of the ugliest top, it was one of my fave colors tho, so I do like it and have worn it several times...and it is so comfortable.  Then I made another...same color but from a cotton knit sweater.  I have worn it too and like it but it still needs some tweaking...namely the neck is now about three times as big as when it started out, even though I did machine stitch around it and then hand stitched around it.  I am trying to work out a solution for that.  The sweater knit was much harder to alter than the sweat shirt fabric.  But, today, I wanted to show you the newest finished Yoolie.  When I was shopping for the shirts, I found four 100% cotton sweatshirts in white.  After my experiences with the first two Yoolies...I realized I wanted a bit of a different design for this one.  The first Yoolie, although I like it, is too short-I prefer a longer looking top... and the second is too big necked, (lol).  So, since I had a kind of knit cape top that I like, I used that as inspiration for this Yoolie.  I cut up 3 of the four sweatshirts, and sewed the parts together to make a cape.  Cut the shape, and then I got to play with my newly purchased fabric dye.   I tied the shirt with string in several stages, hung it from a hook in the ceiling, and lowered it into the dye at intervals.  I had no idea what it would look like after this process!  But, here are the photos:

I cut one sweatshirt up the sides and opened the sleeves.

Then using pieces cut from two other sweatshirts I filled in the notch between the sides and the 

sleeves.  After that I cut the cape bottom rounding the corners.

After the dyeing experience...I ended up with a mottled blue Yoolie, which I like.

Then I stitched around the raw edges without turning them using a darker blue.  Isn't this just a yummy yummy blue!

My next step was to find a "patch" to put on it.  I found a piece of fabric I had stained a year or two ago that was greenish with some blue in it, and then I found some buttons from my button bin in blues and greens...

The patch and the buttons give it the "artsy" look I wanted...

And now I will be happy to wear this when I go out to the village next time!

Just so you know, I have been working on this since last November or December!  I have not had a lot of energy to use towards projects.  OMG, I hope that changes soon!

And now, I have to search for another one of my "Yoolie possiblilities" and start another one!