Sliced Atrax Top

I had a plan to rescue a knit dress by using a fabric slashing technique I had seen in Instagram where you layer fabrics, stitching them on and then cut the extra layers open.

I thought I’d better give it a go on a smaller item before I commited to a whole dress, and I’m really glad I did because this guy is heavy and maybe a bit warm, and my hand got so sore cutting all the little sections open.

I deconstructed this an un-loved Muna and Broad Atrax Top and layerered 4 layers of cut up t-shirts on top (don’t worry, they were all stained and un-donateable), then eventually reconstructed it with the back piece un-slashed. It would have been cooler to keep going but my appetite for the project had waned as my hand had gotten quite sore from hours of snipping seams open.

I think the resultant top is quite artsy, and may well be something I’d wear out to something a bit cool (like the cinema, it’s always too cold in there)! Worn here with a ribbed knit Muna and Broad Whitlam Skirt which doesn’t actually have a lettuce hem, but does look quite crinkly in the photos!