I have been participating in Elsie Marley Kids Clothes Challenge this week and am loving the motivation to get some stuff done! It's also casued me to get a little creative. I decided to buy some plain T's at Target and get to work... I'm calling this a Drive Thru Tutorial becuase it's quick and easy. Let me put it this way: It took about 20 minutes!
Toddler Ruffle Top
You will need:
T Shirt
Knit scraps or extra T shirt
Matching Thread
Start with a plain Tshirt. I picked this baby up at Target for $3
Next grab a thrifted T Shirt. I'm always wandering around goodwill looking for XL T-shirts. They are great for extra material, and they are super soft. This particular shirt was long sleeved, and I decided that the length was great.
I cut off at the shoulder and I cut off the cuff. Next I opened it up by cutting off the inside seam...
And started cutting my 1.5" strips. You can go wider too, whatever style you like. 1.5" worked for me becuase I didn't want the ruffles to overwhelm the shirt...and my 22 month old's neck!
Run a basting stitch about 1/8 inch along one long side (sorry, didn't take this pic) and pull to create a ruffle.
Attach the ruffle at the neckline. I decided to keep the ruffle more towards the front of the blouse. Pin it directly onto the neckline and stitch down.
Take the next ruffle and pin it underneath the first ruffle. I made this ruffle not as long as the first one, to make it cascading
Continue with the other two layers with the same technique, gradually making the ruffles shorter to keep the cascading look.
And your all done!
Now pair it with a cute skirt...
...or some great jeans
Your toddler will be a 'lil fashonista...
If you end up making a shirt, post it on the flikr pool...we'd love to see it!
37 comments:
I love it!! I cannot wait to make my toddler some ruffled shirts!
Those ruffles dressed up that little tee shirt. I bet your little sweetie looks really cute in the shirt!
That is too cute!! I love it paired with that adorable skirt!!
Adorable!! Woo Hoo! I'm sending my daughter to this post to make our little granddaughter these cute little tops. Thanks for linking to Woo Hoo! Wednesday and sharing this great sewing project.
this is so cute. i would make one, but i don't have kids of my own and i don't think my 5 year old nephew would like ruffles. very cute though!!
I love anything with ruffles!! Thanks for linking @Creative Itch's "Sew Cute Tuesday"!
things like this make me wish i knew how to sew. i want a grown up version!
I don't have children yet but I'll borrow your idea for myself ☺☺☺
Beautiful - and simple too! thanks for sharing! I've been seeing your land of nod inspired cushion all over the place! Brilliant!
Following you now (through Trendy Treehouse blog hop!)
Jill
Simple and effective, really cute!
Nice job! I'm going to have to try that one.
Did you leave the edges unfinished and if so, how did it wash?
Knit does not fray at all, so you can leave the edges unfinished. It washes up fine :)
Cute - I'm thinking i could use one of these myself to dress my tees up to wear with skirts!
Ruffles are great!!! That shirt is too cute!
Love this! Ruffles are so great! I just made myself ruffle pajamas!
Totally cute, I bet it would be cute with contrasting colored ruffles, too! I love anything ruffled, I just made some ruffle-neck tank tops for summer!
Oh my, I might just have to make one for myself! Come over to our saturday linky party, we'd love have you! http://nv-craftenvy.blogspot.com
Super super cute!!
So cute! Over here from Life as Lori. Thanks for sharing!
CUTE~ I just did a ruffled adult shirt, I love ruffles! Of course who doesn't these days. Just adorable!
Very sweet. Thanks for linking to Make It Wear It!
LOVE this one toO! I am going to try it - no doubt!
Totally doing this on the weekend!
Very sweet and simple too! Thanks so much for linking up to the Under $100 Linky Party.
Beautiful!
Thanks so much for joining Get Your Craft on Thursday. Please join me next week for another great party!
Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave today [16 May 02:00pm GMT]. Thanks, Maria
That turned out super cute! I love it! Thanks for posting this on Favorite Things Friday!
Love it and I am posting it to my site for T-Shirt Tuesday on the 18th.
www.thetshirtdiaries.com
Another fabulous project! Your blog rocks. Thanks for linking up to Be Inspired last week.
Chelsea
LOVE this! I want to make one for ME! I just became a follower and can't wait to see what else you do. Thanks for sharing.
I just wanted to let you know-LOVE this tutorial and I used it for a shirt I made my daughter! Check it out here:
http://theadventuresofroryandjess.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-duds.html
Thanks!
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Alright, alright ... I'm finally going to give this look a try. Thanks for a great, straight-forward tute. This is a first for me ... fingers crossed!
That is too cute!! I love it paired with that adorable skirt!
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Sooooooo cute! I can't wait to try it!
This is just awesome! Thanks for sharing this tutorial, I am surely going to make one of these for my little daughter.
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