gettin' crafty

i finally was able to squeeze in some time for selfish crafting!

i mentioned awhile back that i really wanted to try these ideas, and it was more fun than i expected.

i started with a cheap t-shirt that i loved the fit of.

my mistake was in getting too thin of a shirt as this one got caught in my machine a lot.

live and learn.

i had some white jersey on hand and decided to just use it, even though one side was ribbed.

i just flipped it over and used the backside.

i just free handed a bunch of random sized circles on 2 layers of fabric, definitely not uniform.

then i layed out the circles in a pettern that was purposefully asymmetrical.

that was a fun challenge for me, since i tend to like symmetry.

then i pinned them all in place.

next i pinched each circle in the middle.

i was not precise at all about this.

then i took my threaded needle and did 2 or 3 tiny stitched through the point, just enough to pleat it a bit.

next i just stitched it in place witha couple hand stitches and knotted it.

see? cute, huh?

2 is even cuter than one!

here they are all pinned down, after i stitched them all.

i liked how they looked all fluffy and flowery, but i wanted something a little flatter for this shirt.

i machine stitched random lines and squiggles until i got all the edges down that i wanted to be tacked.

and here's the final product!

i have a fun grey shirt up next...

ps - i have a confession: i'm sucking in my gut in these pics. honesty is the best policy.

-linds