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Sarafina wrote up this message about how she turned shorts and a white puff sleeve T-shirt into a matching outfit.
If you like to give your clothes a personal touch I hope you will find an idea here you want to try and will enjoy.
In addition to the shorts and T-shirt you will need:
1 small embroidery needle
3 small yellow glass beads
yellow thread
scissors
a ruler
embroidery thread in the color you prefer
chalk pencil or other way of marking fabric
Start by finding the center front of the T- shirt and deciding how far down from the edge of the neckline you want the center of the flower. Place a small dot at this point with your pencil.
(Note: I made the flower first then added the bead for it's center.)
I used 3 strands of embroidery thread and made the "Lazy Daisy" stitch for my flower and gave each flower 6 petals. I did these freehand. There are plenty of sites on the internet detailing this stitch if you don't already know how to make it.
(Note: If you aren't ready to do freehand flowers there are sites with small patterns you can download and make iron-on transfers.)
After I made the flower, I added the yellow bead for it's center. Then, I added a yellow bead about 1/4-inch from my flower on each side of it. I liked how this looked so I stopped there.
On the shorts I chose a place for a similar flower. Mine is on the left side of the shorts 1 & 1/8-inch from the bottom of the shorts and 1/2-inch from the side seam. Here too, I made a "Lazy Daisy" flower and placed a yellow bead in it for it's center. Then, I added 2 yellow beads for accent close to the flower.
I think the flowers gave the outfit a more complete look and made it more feminine. I plan to decorate more of my clothing with embroidery work and beads in the future.
Happy sewing!
Sarafina
Note from Kyle: Thank you Sarafina for this great idea and for helping me catch up on my posts.
What a wonderful idea for making the shorts and tops match as well as more fun. I will have to talk mama into getting out her embrodery stuff and do that with some of our plain shirts and shorts/pants
ReplyDeletethat is a very cool way to make your plain shirts and shorts dressed up and girlyfied. I will have to ask mama to make some for me thanks for the idea!
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