Monday, July 26, 2010

Ribbon Tee Refashion


Hi! I'm EmmyLou from Sewn and I'm excited to share some refashions on Thrifty Garden Robe! This is a plain shirt I've had sitting in my closet that I wanted to dress up. I decided to take some ribbon and make random rows of pleats going down the front.

I started in the center & stitched across the top of the ribbon barely above the seam on the shirt. Next I made a loop and stitched across the ribbon about an inch down. I kept doing this until I was where I wanted the row to end. Then I cut the ribbon folded it under and sewed that down. I kept doing a row on each side varying the length & I did more like 1&1/2-2 inches between loops. When I was done I had enough ribbon left to do a bow on one side. To cover up the top of the ribbons you fold the collar part down and stitch all the way around about 1/8" from the edge.

I also stitched up the center of each sleeve on a longer stitch length. At the top I didn't backstitch. Then I took the thread underneath and pulled to bring the top thread under. I pulled the top thread to gather the sleeve the knotted both threads together.

The only thing left is to press down the loops into pleats. I did this on a lower heat so I wouldn't melt the ribbon. If you want it more uniform you could measure out each pleat to be exactly the same distance apart, but I like the random look. Thanks & for more refashions for women & little girls check out my blog Sewn!

8 comments:

  1. Very pretty and oh so creative! This is one tee shirt redo I haven't seen before. Love the texture it adds to a plain tee, good job.

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  2. Cute! Thanks for linking @Creative Itch's "Sew Cute Tuesday"!

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  3. Very pretty...Thanks for linking up to Mad Skills Monday!

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  4. this turned out very pretty, and a unique t-shirt refashion! Thank you for linking up to Topsy Turvy Tuesdays!

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  5. Oh this turned out great. Love it!

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  6. great top!

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