When I got my hair bleached at the barber's in December 2024, I totally forgot to wear something I didn't care about. One of my favorite shirts got bleach stained on the collar! Oh no! No worries, it's an opportunity.

The first step was to cover the stain. With a seam ripper I completely removed the collar and traced it onto a piece of scrap fabric. After sewing, ironing, and top-stiching the copy, I pinned and sewed it back in place even including the plastic collar boning inside.

With the initial issue fixed, time to have a little fun! The quote here - "one day I will be someone else" - is from the musical Don't Stop My by Dave Malloy and Krista Knight (as well as the workshop cast). In addition to meaning a lot to me, it has a connection to the shirt's backstory as well. For the lettering, I started off typing the quote up on my computer, fixing the layout until I liked it, and using my screen as a light box to trace the lettering nicely onto the scrap fabric.