Once There Was a Shirt

Once there was a shirt.

It was worn by a fashionable hipster

for whom the designer label
(Colours by Alexander Julian)

was more important than what the common man might think
(I think you know what I mean!).

But even the most fashionable hipsters

might wake up one day

and say, "What was I thinking?"
and gift it to his local thrift store.

So the savvy recycler

snatched it up
despite the hideous pattern

because she loved the colours

and saw a bit of Monet in them.

Water Lilies by Claude Monet

So she took it home

and cut it up into strips.

Lots and lots of narrow strips.

She knew that she could upcycle this shirt

into more beautiful 

and useful items.

She wanted to try something new
so she wrapped and sewed
and wrapped and sewed some more
until a glorious bag appeared.

And there were enough leftover strips

to make a coiled mat too!

New life for an old shirt.

Coiled items available for sale in my PrairieThreads Etsy shop.