"Bouquet" T-shirt Tutorial!

A bouquet of flowers for Mother's Day?

That's original!

But you might get a few brownie points for putting a handmade bouquet onto a cute shirt for mom!

All it requires is making a few flowers, and stitching them to a tee! Some of these flowers I made from other tutorials, some I made up myself;

To make the flower on the very top, fold over white nylon chiffon (or any non-fraying fabric) until you have 8 layers:

1. Then use pinking shears (or sewing scissors) to cut a rounded rectangle with a flat bottom in three sizes:

(the largest of mine was about 2" tall)

2. Lay out all the pieces, putting the smaller on top of the larger.

3. And sew them all in a row, using a straight stitch on the longest length.

4. Then pull one of the threads to gather them all up into a flower shape.

5. Tie the ends together to secure!
You can either use lots of the same flower, or make a "mixed bouquet" like I did! Here's how I made them:

Flower 1- I simplified this tutorial, using one layer of fabric, and a regular button in the middle instead of a covered one.

Flower 2-I used 2.5" of fabric, folded in half, and gathered by machine. Then I rolled it up, from one end to the other, and made a couple of stitches in the middle to secure.

Flower 3-I used 1.5" white ribbon, folded in half, and sewed it in a spiral, twisting as I sewed.

Flower 4-I used this tutorial from Made By Lex

6. Then lay out all your flowers onto the top/side of your shirt, and stitch them on, by hand or machine:

7. And cut five, 1/2" strips of knit in the length of your shirt.

8. Arrange them on the shirt, starting at the flowers, and coming down to the side seam of your shirt:

9. Pin, and stitch on with a narrow zig-zag stitch!

And you're done! So pretty!

I love it in all white, but I think it would be really fun if the flowers were in different spring colors too!

I'm all out of tees to refashion, so I added it to this dress! :o)

It was difficult to capture the prettiness of it, on myself, but it's lovely in person!

No dead flowers, no checking the water, no cleaning out the vase!

And they'll last forever!

(This "bouquet" would also be cute on a throw pillow!)

Have you seen Dana's adorable citrus bag she posted today? I really want one!!

Check it out, here:

Have a great day!!