Monday, November 7, 2011

ruffle shirt

I saw this tutorial for making a ruffle shirt and just fell in love with it. I don't have much experience with a sewing machine, but after making this ruffle bag I felt like I could handle a shirt. I can sew a straight line and that's really all this takes. I had two of the cap sleeve layering shirts from Shade in pink and one of them was pretty old and I didn't wear it anymore, so it was perfect for cutting up to make ruffles! This is how my shirt turned out:
I'm loving ruffle shirts under a cardigan right now, and I'm really happy with how this shirt turned out. Sachiko's tutorial is easy to follow and the whole thing only took a couple of hours to do. I also love using t-shirt fabric for ruffles because it doesn't fray so there's no hemming.

Here's Sachiko's shirt
She did 2 flowers and I only did 1, but other than that it's a pretty close match! If you want to a bunch of cute sewing ideas, definitely check out her blog!

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12 comments:

  1. Kaysi @ Keeping it SimpleNovember 7, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    Yous looks great!! I love the color!

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  2. EtcetorizeNovember 7, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    Wow, looks just like the original, so pretty! Thanks for sharing at etcetorize~

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  3. AnonymousNovember 7, 2011 at 12:26 PM

    Bookmarking. It looks amazing!

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  4. Nikki MonetNovember 9, 2011 at 9:50 AM

    You did a great job! So pretty! New follower. Would love it if you would stop by and share this at my linky party :) http://everything-underthemoon.blogspot.com/2011/11/bedazzle-me-monday-7_6572.html

    Also, PRETTY PLEASE stop by and check out Random Acts of Kindness Week going on all next week!! I would love it if you could participate!! More info here:
    http://everything-underthemoon.blogspot.com/2011/11/kindness-and-thanksgiving.html

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  5. TenilleNovember 10, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    I too am in love with ruffles, especially with a cardigan. I would love for you to link this up to our linky party going on right now.

    http://junkintheirtrunk.blogspot.com/2011/11/link-it-up-wednesday_08.html

    {Junk in their Trunk}

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  6. SachikoNovember 11, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    Your ruffle shirt turned out so nicely! Thank you for linking to my party. :)

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  7. Kirsten @ Mushki LovesNovember 13, 2011 at 3:35 PM

    I WANT THIS! Thanks for linking this up too!

    ;) Kirsten

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  8. Kirsten @ Mushki LovesNovember 13, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    Hi! I'm featuring this on my blog tomorrow !
    Grab a button if you want!
    ;) Kirsten

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  9. Liz SmithNovember 15, 2011 at 12:01 PM

    i LOVE it! ahh...now i really really want a sewing machine!

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  10. Ginger@gingersnapcrafts.comNovember 17, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    We I see things like this I so wish I could sew. :) Looks beautiful! Great job. You were one of my most favorite links at last week's {wow me} wednesday party. Featuring YOU over on my blog today. Thanks so much for sharing!

    Ginger @ gingersnapcrafts.com

    http://www.gingersnapcrafts.com/2011/11/take-look-at-you-my-favorites_17.html

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  11. Ginger@gingersnapcrafts.comNovember 17, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    * I meant when! hehe :)

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  12. AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    Um...LOVE. Now I'm definitely going to have to make one. Awesomeness!!

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