Hi, I am Sachiko from over at Tea Rose Home! I am so excited to be here today, thank you for the opportunity! On my blog, I share my sewing, crafting, and clothes repurposing projects. Every now and then I host giveaways too. Please come visit me sometime. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this tutorial.
My little girl used to wear a t-shirt and leggings like this... but the leggings are too tight now, and the t-shirt works ok for now, but by next summer, it will be too small for her. I decided to combine them together, and make something for this fall & winter. Here are the steps that I followed...
1. I used one of her 5T t-shirts as a sample to measure how long I needed for the sleeves and made the cut.
2. The legging was wider than the opening of the sleeves of the shirt. I had to sew the side of the sleeves to match the opening of the shirt.
3. Pin the long sleeve to the t-shirt. Sew, Turn.
4. I wanted to make a hat with the leftover fabric, but my little girl strongly resisted and said "I don't want to wear my butt!"...so, I decided to accessorize the shirt.
5. Cut 3 - 1" X 7" strips. Using the largest setting for stitches sew in the middle of the strips. Pull one thread to make ruffles.
6. Sew a ruffle in the middle of the t-shirt. Repeat the process and add ruffles on the both sides. I added decorative trims between the ruffles.
We did a photo shoot in the nice sunny fall weather. She loved the shirt (she didn't have to wear her butt, so that made her even happier), the shirt was perfect. :)
I have a millions shirts that I can do this with! genius!!!! THANKYOU!!!
ReplyDeleteVery cute and creative
ReplyDeleteI love the hat idea. I might just not have to tell my little girl where the fabric came from:> Thanks for the tutorial
ReplyDeleteI am LOL at "wear my butt"
ReplyDeletecan't say I blame her!
LOVE it!! I linked to your tutorial over at Craft Gossip Sewing:
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--Anne
Great project, I love it!
ReplyDeleteLove it- especially the little bow.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic poroject!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
What a fantastic makeover this is, you are so very creative.
ReplyDeleteLove Sachiko's Blog! She has inspired me with SEVERAL of her ideas! This is a darling little makeover...maybe I can pull it off for a 'big girl' version ;-)
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't want to wear my butt either! It's a good thing she didn't, look where it led you- A darling upcycle!
ReplyDeleteThese are great tees! I love T-Shirts. The first one on the list seems like it works only with a specific look but very creative anyway.I love all of them, I laughed quite a bit reading them.
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These are great tees! I love T-Shirts. The first one on the list seems like it works only with a specific look but very creative anyway.I love all of them, I laughed quite a bit reading them.
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