I’ve been cutting up tee-shirts again! And adding a bit of girly-girl ruffles…
It started life as a Large Old Navy shirt. I love the color it was under $3.00! And I was dying to cut up another shirt! I started to do another twist kind of shirt, which required cutting the front away from the back…but see that little pattern? Well I made that little one, a big one and did a trial run with one of The Husbands old tees and I kid you not, I couldn’t get it to work…so I cut my losses and went to Plan B. (That should be the name of a book!)
I cut out the neck and hacked off the sleeves.
Then cut the shirt down to more my size and sewed the sides back together.
Then hemmed the neck and sleeve openings…
And…having no idea what I’d do next… I started looking through scraps of fabric…hummmm…
Then I remembered this pretty spring scarf (I never wore since it was 100* here in May! I may be exaggerating but not by much…)
So I cut a strip (app. 3″) and hemmed one side and sewed a basting stich down the center to make a ruffle…Pinned it on the neck of the shirt and sewed into place!
WaaLaa!
If you use a thin piece of fabric for the ruffle you’ll need to wash it on the delicate cycle and expect a little unraveling…I don’t mind a bit of unraveling…
I’ll be linking…(HERE)
xo
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Dearest Robin,
You are so very clever! You’ve taken a plain t-shirt and turned it into a feminine work of art! I love the scarf/ruffle at the neckline! Oh….don’t you just love the satisfaction that comes when you are able to design a masterpiece out of an everyday item!
Blessings and prayers for your daughter and unborn grandbaby,
Carolynn
Talent!
Start taking orders!!!!! You’re onto something.
you, my dear, are so unbelievably AWESOME!!
i love taking old clothes and refashioning them into something new …
and this is absolutely BRILLIANT!
gee whillikers … i am with julie ~ i’ll take a lavender one, if you please …
: )
love to you and yours ~
prairiegirl
xoxo
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That t-shirt looks like it is straight off the rack of a boutique. Super cute and I love that it is not expensive. But who is that skinny woman taking that photo? I did a double take as I thought maybe it was one of your daughters… you are looking fabulous… painting agrees with you.
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Ummm… that shirt is amazing! I have one similar to it from Anthropologie that I spent more than a few bucks on. Love it!
Jennifer
So, while you’re working on shirts you’re obviously also working out. Holy skinny girl, batman
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OK, if painting gives you arms like that GIVE ME A BRUSH!!!!!!! Wow, The shirt is awesome and I would pay alot more than $3.00 to have one!!!!!!!! Are you taking orders????? You are too darn clever and creative!!!!!!!! XO, Pinky (4 days to go!!!)
Love it! If my daughter see’s this she will really keep me busy:-)
Please consider making them and selling them, I would love to buy one. No sewing machine at my house.
Hopping over from It’s So Very Cheri. Thanks for the tutorial !
Really cute! Love having the added femininity to a shirt! I must go through my closet to find something to re-do immediately!
Thanks for linking up! We’ll see you next week
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What a beautiful transformation! I love how pretty it turned out =)
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LOVE it!
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This is seriously cute – you can’t beat the comfort of a t-shirt. I recently found a shirt I need to do this with. Thanks for the inspiration of using a fluttery scarf & linking
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I’ve tried this before and it’s easy and fun! You look just too cute!!!!
So lovely!!
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Wow–excellent work. Hmm, i wonder if i could re-work a tshirt I liked that only came in size too big . . . I might have to give it a try. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love it! The color, the sleeves (or lack thereof), the ruffle, everything!
Quite creative, cute and fun!
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LOVE THIS!! Can’t wait to try it!! Thanks for the tutorial.
Fab refashion. It looks great. Love the colour too.
Love this look – so cute!
That is a great idea. T-shirts are so comfy and now they can be fancy, too!
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Sooooo cute, love the refashion, and it’s looks fantastic on you!
I absolutely love this! I’ve been wanting to cut up some T-shirts, but I’m too chicken to go for it.
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what a great idea! I need to do this. I have an extensive boring plain tshirt problem.
So cute and creative! Thanks for sharing:)
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Love this idea. So feminine. The whole idea is awesome. I want to try this soon!
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Great idea!
I just love it and I’ll surely try it
thats a beautiful shirt thanks for sharing
Your T-shirt is SO ADORABLE! Love the color too!