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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Upcycled t-shirt!


Now I have another up cycled project to show you. Which would be great for those kids who needs a back to school shirt!

I found this t shirt for $5.00 at Target (pronounced Targhay for those of you who like the french pronunciation.)
It was a little plain and needed something to give it some wow!
I had some white cotton scraps of fabric (actually it was the bottom of a dust ruffle that I no longer needed.)
I made some rolled flowers of different sizes.

I then attached them with a needle and thread, I found this was the easiest and would withstand washing better.
I then started with the largest flower in the middle and graduated sizes to the top.
It made the neckline say wow!  and I loved how it turned out.
I combined it with a cute jacket that believe it or not I found at one of my favorite stores.
(remember Divine Inspirations, yup, that's where I got it!)

Added a belt to the waist and I am thinking a cute pink flower on the lapel would perfectly finish this outfit! What do you think? Total for the outfit including the jacket $10.00!!




53 comments:

Melanie@Crafty Cupboard said...

Wow that is totally cute! I love it:) I love the tone-on-tone refashions.

Simple Stitches AZ ~ Rachelle S. said...

Oooh Donene, I love this! I'm going to have to make another one now! I like how you put the flowers all along the neck line! Beautiful!

prcavanaugh said...

How cute is this.... I love the top and jacket together. Just beautiful.

Nellie's Cozy Place said...

Hi Donene,
Love what you did to that t-shirt girl, it looks
fabulous off and on you!!
What a great idea, and just so cute. I love t's
with pretty stuff at the neck line cause it just dresses them up so.
hope you are having a great day,
blessings, Nellie

eye_on_sparrow said...

Love the upcycled shirt and the whole outfit for $10.00 great.

Melissa said...

Nice work on the shirt. I love the child's felted hat. So sweet.

Erin @ Crafts and Sutch said...

That tee turned out so cute! :) Congrats on having 100 followers! Way to go! :)

I'm a follower and would love that felted hat for my little monkey! :)

Caroline @ The Feminist Housewife said...

Soo cute! It's amazing how the rosettes really add to the shirt! Great job!

Sue said...

That sure is so cute! All of your creations are!
I left an email for "Kristi Approved," since I am not in Utah, to see if I can participate.
Congrats on 100+ followers...I am one of them!:) P.S. I am having a giveaway too!

Simple Stitches AZ ~ Rachelle S. said...

Ok, I'm back. I commented before I even realized that you had athe giveaway...sorry!

I am following you, I like your FB page, I added your button to my blog & I blogged about your giveaway here: http://chelstamps.blogspot.com/2010/08/easy-peasy-giveaway.html

Brandy said...

That looks great.

Anonymous said...

I'm a follower here and on Facebook now. :) Congrats on passing 100!!
Jennifer O. (Pidjen)
pidjen(at)ymail(dot)com
www.thehighestshelf.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

Love your shirt makeover!! And I love the felted hat & headband, too. You are just SOOOO GOOOD!!

Under Her Wings said...

What fun things! I love "re-purposed" things. (My granddaughter taught me that word!)
I am a new follower!

Anonymous said...

Shirt turned out very cute and looks great with the jacket! Would love to have you join me for Make it Fantabulous on Friday!
Joy
mommaskindacrafty.blogspot.com

Karen said...

That shirt is so adorable! Very creative! Enjoyed reading your blog. Saw you on somewhat simple. Would love you to stop by if you get a chance:
www.karismaheartsavannah.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Great posting. I'm your newest follower.

AllieMakes! said...

SO Cute!
You should come link it up at my Making It Party!
Allie
AllieMakes.blogspot.com

AllieMakes! said...

Thanks for linking up!
I really love the gentle pleats AND rosettes!
Allie

Carole Davids said...

Love it! I love a bright white t-shirt and jeans, this is the perfect way to dress it up!

New follower from the linky party.

Carole
http://frogbellysoup.blogspot.com

Terrell said...

Oh goodness...what a FABULOUS find!! I love this! It's just an amazing giveaway! I'm of course a follower and *crossing fingers to win*
Thank you for the chance! Also, thank you oh so much for linking up this sweet creation at the FABULOUS FRIDAY FINDS party today!! I hope your weekend is wonderful!
Hugs,
~Terrell @ Frou Frou Decor~

Ron Cooper said...

Following you already on New Friend Friday! My fan page, “Inspire!” has quotes, poems and stories to inspire readers. I’d like to invite you to stop by!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Inspire/338562522284?ref=ts

Unknown said...

I am totally loving this shirt! I am adding it to my to-do list right now. Thanks for the inspiration!

Stopping by from New Friend Friday. Happy Friday!
Lorene @ just Lu

Unknown said...

Oh My! It's darling. I want to try this project, but I still have an aversion to my sewing machine.

http://froufrugal.blogspot.com

Leah @ A Butterfly In My Stomach said...

I am loving the head band. Great post. I am now following!

hannah said...

Very cute! I'd love to see how you rolled the flowers.

whimages said...

WOW, YOU totally ROCK that outfit! I love that shirt and that outfit is something I'd totally wear...I'm green with envy over that super cool jacket too~! I'm your newest follower and I'm so glad I saw this and you shared on Frou Frou!

Unknown said...

Wow, I love it! What a great idea to dress up a tee shirt. I gotta try that!

Lindy said...

Adorable T redo and so well done...

Be Colorful Coastal said...

Thank you for linking up your post to Motivated Monday at BeColorful. You are one talented woman with a stylish eye. Well done.
Pam

Teri said...

What a nice little blog you have! Your tee turned out really cute.

Thanks for the giveaway!

Teri said...

I'm a new follower on bloglovin'.

Leslie said...

I love you adorable shirt! I featured it this week on Hoo's got talent! Thanks for linking up to the party!

Joanne said...

Love the t-shirt updo. I'm now following your blog.

Ellie said...

I'm your newest follower! You're up to 125! Woo-hoo!

Ellie said...

I added your button to my blog:
http://lemonandrose.blogspot.com/

Ellie said...

I blogged:
http://lemonandrose.blogspot.com/2010/09/win-your-choice-of-prize.html

Ellie said...

I did all the entries except the Facebook one (sorry, I don't have a FB account), so I guess that gives me a total of 4 entries. Thanks for the chance to win! My pick will be that adorable sun hat. It's the cutest sun hat I've ever seen!

B said...

I think I'm in love with those 'lil rolled flowers right now (as is the rest of blogland!). They are so figgin' cute! I think you did a great job on the tshirt by the way and the jacket is awesome! Great find. Happy to be your newest follower.

~ www.billiemonster.com ~

sarah said...

too cute for the little ones and for yourself as well. would you happen to have a tutorial for the rolled flowers???

www.littlecitizensoftheworld.blogspot.com

Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage said...

Donene, you are one handy lady with needle and thread. Your t-shirt is so cute!

Thanks for linking to my party. I would love to have you join me for one, or all three, of my parties each week.

Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage
http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/

A Little Bit of Everything! said...

Super cute! I've seen a lot of these shirt redo's floating around in blog land. I'm going to try one, one day.

Anonymous said...

Love the tshirt and would love to find that jacket. Definitely in the refashioning mode.

Mark and Ashlie said...

What a beautiful shirt! Thanks for sharing this with Sister Sister Sunday! You have such fun ideas!

Maggie said...

Love that shirt!!!

It came out so cute.

Katie said...

I absolutely LOVE this!!! Found you on the CSI Project and I'd love if you came and linked this up at Sew Woodsy!

Sibylle said...

looks really nice!

Jill said...

Such a pretty top! I like how you used a top that already had the gathers at the neckline... makes everything more dressy than your basic t-shirt.

Jill said...

Cute and wonderfully simple! I love it!

I would love if you came and linked this project to my clothes upcycling page. It has a long term linky, so your project would stay there for more than just the week of a usual linky. We have over 60 projects linked up now – some fantastic ideas – and this month I’m upcycling lots of clothes and trying to feature lots of the links too!
Do come and take a look!
http://jembellish.blogspot.com/p/clothes-upcycling-projects.html

Ilana said...

ahhhh isn't it amazing how adding such a simply beautiful thing like rosettes can so alter a plain tee?

Katie said...

LOVE this upcylced shirt. I've yet to do this to any of my shirts; however, because of your project I've started pulling some shirts in my closet that I can repurpose and make into a cute new summer top! Thank you so much for linking up to Sew Woodsy last week. I just wanted to let you know that I featured your shirt today. Please make sure you grab a featured button and link up any new projects you've been working on!

Katie aka Mrs. Woodsy

Amy@happylittleparty.blogspot.com said...

Love this! I really need to try it. Cute jacket too.
xoxo
amy

Jamie said...

So cute, I need to try it too!

~JamieS@ Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom

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