Butterfly Ruffle Shirt

As I was making the ruffly shirt from Disney at Ruffles and Stuff, I decided that it almost looked like a butterfly...and then I realized Ruffle Butterflies would be DARLING.  So here's a tute so you can make the little lady in your life a ruffle butterfly shirt!

You'll need:

1 t-shirt/onesie (I used a 24 months size t-shirt from Walmart)

3 rectangles of 6-7inch X 8 inch knit (multiple colors or 1 color---your choice!)

coordinating thread (I used three different colors because I had three different fabrics)

sewing machine

scissors

About an hour (it took me WAY less than that, and about 3 X's as much time to get the silly tute to post correctly....arrrrggg BLOGGER!) 

:)

Moving right along...

*Depending on the size of your shirt, you can fit more (or less) butterflies.  This tutorial makes it so you can trim your butterflies even after you've sewn them on if their wings are too big!

First, cutout your fabric.  Go to your sewing machine and set it to the longest straight stitch there is.  Make sure the ends of the thread are pretty long before sewing.  Sew close to the edge on one of the 8 inch edges of one rectangle.

To make your ruffle, you'll grab one of the threads and start pulling to allow the material to gather.

That's how it looks while you're in progress.

(sorry the material changed colors...I forgot halfway through I was doing a tute!) 

One you've got it pulled tight, it'll look like this.

Theny you'll trim the material so it looks like a butterfly wing.  You'll make antoehr wing using the same steps.  Then place it on your shirt where you want it and sew the wings onto your shirt.

Remember to change the stitch to a shorter stitch, and don't forget to backstitch!  

Also make sure that you sew pretty close (if not on top of) your "ruffle stitching," so the ruffles don't come undone!

 

Now you've got the butterfly sewn on, and you can add its antennas!  With a zig zag (or any other stitch of your choosing), sew a line forward and back a few times.

Now you've got one complete butterfly!

Repeat the steps for the other butterflies and you've got a ruffle butterfly shirt.

 

 

 

Enjoy!