Petal Tees Tutorial!

I love the colorful, unique look of this shirt, and it can be made in only four steps!

Hooray quick and easy refashions!

• First cut "petal" shapes out of knit scraps in two different sizes. Cut enough to go around your neckline overlapping half of each other. I used 22 each of the large and medium size for my large scoop neck.
• Lay the larger ones across your neckline, overlapping by half. (don't skimp on the overlap, you don't want to see through when it stretches!
• Then lay one smaller petal where the larger petals overlap each other. Pin well.
• And sew on with a narrow zigzag stitch. You're done!

For a little more elegant look, I used the same technique to refashion a sunny yellow tank that Paige had in her closet, using three different shades of yellow nylon Chiffon. 

 It reminded me of something you might find at J. Crew!

So Paige and I had fun doing a little Crewcuts inspired photo session :o)

The petals almost make little cap sleeves when she wears it alone! But it was a little cool for that today :o)

 

My original thought was to make a stem coming down from the neckline so it looks like a big flower, but then I thought that might be a bit much. What do you think? To kiddish? Maybe I could try it on one of Paige's?

And thank you so much for all the feedback on the new look to our site! (Good and bad!) I think I'm already on my way to being used to it. It makes me really happy! :o)

Well, take care! I hope things are going well for you all!