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I am nuts about the flower applique shirts that are out there. I am not nuts about the price. $50 for a T-SHIRT??? Unless that thing cooks dinner for me and takes me to a movie, I can find better things to do with $50. Especially because the odds are high that this said shirt will get some sort of child DNA on it whether that be pee, puke, blood, snot or drool…Oh the joys of motherhood.
So I set out to make my own! And for CHEAP!
I bought (2) V-neck T’s at Wal-Mart for $2 each. Yep that’s right TWO-DOLLA-BABY! I bought one in my size and then bought a second in a XXL. I am cutting it up so might get my money’s worth!
I started by cutting along the seams and separating the shirt. I then cut it into 2″ strips and from the strips, I cut a bunch of these guys below.
Next I battled with that $#*$&^@ sewing machine for about 1 hour (please omit this step if you try this at home!)
Then, I just did a gather stitch by hand. Believe me, hand sewing this entire shirt was faster than the time it took me to battle the beast! I put two petals on top of each other and off centered
I gave them a good ‘ole gather stitch So I now have a bunch of these cute little guys.
I originally had a different lay out in mind but when I pinned them all on the shirt and then tried the shirt on, I just didn’t like the way they were placed. I couldn’t get them in the right positions so that they weren’t like “HELLO! HERE IS EXACTLY WHERE MY NIPPKES ARE! IN CASE YOU DIDN’T ALREADY KNOW!” So after a couple of re-pins, I decided to steer in this direction.
I pinned them along the neckline, tried it on to verify they looked OK, took the shirt off and hand stitched them in place.
I had more of these cute little flowers just dying to be used, so I added a few to my left hip area at the bottom of the shirt. Ryan is glued to my right hip so they found a happy place on my left hip :)
I didn’t get any of me actually wearing the shirt but it’s super cute! You will just have to make your own or take my word for it!
I am pretty excited with my $4 shirt! I have left over shirt material and flowers so I am sizing up just about everything in my wardrobe wondering what else I can add a bit of flower power to!
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Very cute! I love the way you cut the petal shape AND gathered them. Nice touch! Wadago girlfrien’!
Thanks! I was actually a bit surprised how cute they turned out!
I love this! It turned out so cute. I might have to try this for myself when I get some of the other projects checked off my list. You could also try doing a row straight down the front of the shirt. i bet that would look super cute also!
Laura, there is a shirt with ruffles that go down the center…that might be my next shirt :)
You know my birthday is coming up… I wear an XL ;)
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Super cute shirt! Thanks for linking up :)
Audra
thekurtzcorner.com
Thanks Audra!
very cute! I love the flowers you added to the bottom:) Adorable!
http://www.karismaheartsavannah.blogspot.com
Thanks Karen! I couldn’t let those cute things go to waste!
I love this! I am wearing a similar shirt right now! In fact… it is almost identical… But my flowers are white. I am just not creative enough to make them on my own! Ha ha.
Thanks Erin! They are super easy I promise!
love this!
Thanks Rara!
This is so pretty!
We would love to have you over at our link party. Crafty Lassie Tuesday
http://www.sewstylishboutique.blogspot.com
Heather & Rose
This is great! I love the way you made your flowers! Great job.
Thanks Kadie! I appreciate you stopping by!
I love T shirt redos! I’m totally pinning this.
Thanks Jordan. I am honored to be pinned :) Have a great night!
This is super cute! I would love it if you would share at my party!
http://www.cherishedbliss.com/2011/08/craft-and-tell-no-19.html
Thanks for the invitation Ashley! I will head over!
Brilliant re-do! I so need to do this! Thanks for the inspiration!! I’m pinning your shirt right now!
Thanks Michelle! Please share yours when you make your own! And thanks for the pin!
Very cute shirt! You did a great job! Thanks for sharing
Thanks so much Bethany! Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for linking to Take-A-Look Tuesday – you were featured today!
–Mandy, http://www.SugarBeeCrafts.com
Thanks so much Mandy! You made my day!
I’ve been wanting to do this for a while too! Thanks for the great tutorial, looking forward to seeing how mine turn out too! :)
By the way, I’m following now too. :)
Thanks Chelsea! Happy to have you on board :) I would also love to see yours when your finished!!
Pure awesomeness!
{ L O V E } this!
A woman after my own words! Thanks for the nice comment Katy! I feel we’d probably talk a lot alike :) Thanks for stopping by!
Very cute! What a fun way to change things up! Looks great!
I have a link party going on now, called Show & Share. I’d love to have you link this up!
http://southernlovely.blogspot.com/2011/08/show-share-2.html
What an adorable refashion! I love that you added a little cluster of flowers at the bottom of the shirt too :) Great transformation!
I am hosting a new linky party that is all about DIY fashion and this would be the PERFECT project to link up to DIY Diva Thursdays. Would love to have you over!
Kara
http://www.mineforthemaking.com
This is so cute! Thank you for the inspiration. I have the perfect shirt to do this with.
Great! Let me know how yours turns out!
You were featured! Check it out :)
http://www.thekurtzcorner.com/2011/08/link-party-features-no-3.html
Audra
thekurtzcorner.com
Thanks Audra! :)
Hey Che!
I love your Flower Power creation. It turned out so darned cute. I do sew and always looking for ways to make things easier…I will have to give this a try. I bought Tee’s at Joannn’s recently on sale to cut up and make a Tee shirt cover for my Cricut. Tee’s are a wonderful base.
Thanks for the inspiration. Really like your style.
Dee B
Thanks for the nice comment Dee! (I’m blushing a bit!)
Thank you so much for linking up at Savvy HomeMade Monday. Cheryl. We are partying again and I hope you will stop by! :)
Absolutely Erin!
Super cute! I just bought a plain tee from Target that I am going to “pretty up” but haven’t decided how yet. Thanks again for linking up today!
Love this! Thanks for linking up to the Creative Genius Link Party! I’d love to see you link up again tomorrow!
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I am having trouble following what to do between cutting and laying out the flower shapes and the gathering. Did you just do a few gathering stiches (though both layers) in the center and then pull them tight to make them pucker? Anybody try using a different color for the flowers than the shirt?
Jan, that is exactly what I did. I layered them at different angles and stitched!