Tah Dah!

for a couple of weeks now, i've been neglecting my scrap challenge project. at first i wanted to make a plush out of the scraps that i got, but i felt uninspired. i checked out the Flickr pool and felt completely overwhelmed by all of the great things people had already made. i felt like i needed to branch out and do something that was out of the ordinary for me...thus, this idea was born...


i got this great idea to use the scraps and embellish them onto my shirt! so first, i thought up of a shape, then cut out a bunch of those shapes in different sizes (this took a while) and came up with this design. after individually cutting the fabrics out to match the shape and design (this also took a while), i placed them on the shirt (after i had traced around the template to mark where each pieces went) and used a dab of fabric glue to hold it in place. i only used a little bit of glue on the center of each piece so i didn't have to pin them down because i don't like the way pins put tiny holes in fabric sometimes.

the sewing process was a pain. having to move the shirt around without sewing the back and the front together took a bit of time and manipulation (i had to break out the seam ripper a couple of times). but here's the finished product...

after i finished it, i threw it in the wash to get the frilly effect at the edges of the fabric. Voila!


i really love the way this shirt turned out! i'd like to blow a huge raspberry in the face of my skeptic (J) for not believing in me and thinking that it wasn't going to turn out well. HUH! he said "i bet you're never going to wear it"...but took it back after seeing me model it...double HUH! i'm going to wear to tomorrow!

i also want to thank Jennifer Casa from JC Handmade for organizing this swap and challenging me to look beyond plush. i'm so proud of myself, thanks!