BYOTee
Got a T-shirt you aren’t particularly thrilled with? Here’re two things to do with it this weekend, both more constructive than letting it rot in the back of your bottom dresser drawer:
1. Bring it to this Saturday’s open house at 4F Designs, a boutique/studio tucked away in the Bulldog Lock Co. building in Ravenswood, and the staff will screen-print it with one of their original designs for free (plain shirts in light colors work best). While you’re there, browse other hand-screened shirts (that's their chandelier design pictured here) plus hand-made hats and bags made from salvaged wool army blankets and funky faux fur. Click here for details.
2. Donate it to a fashionable cause at Barney’s on Oak Street or Barney’s Co-op in Lincoln Park starting Sunday, and eco-chic brand Loomstate will repurpose it into a new T-shirt collection set to debut this winter. As a thank you, you’ll score a coupon for 20 percent off Loomstate merch (including organic jeans for both guys and gals) at the stores between April 13 and 27.