Tutorial: Ruffle Up a Striped Shirt

This shirt is a tad big, the sleeves are too long, and it needed a little makeover.

This is the finished product!  Now I can wear it year round, yay!
Here’s how I did it.  First off, remember this dress?  I had a little bit of material left from the bottom of it.  So, I used it to create the ruffles!
You’ll need: 
knit to match your shirt, sewing supplies (machine, scissors, thread, rotary cutter if you have one, etc.)
First, cut the knit into two 1 inch strips

Then, set your machine to the longest stitch setting possible.  Do a stitch all the way down the middle of the strips.  DO NOT BACKSTITCH! :) When you’ve finished sewing the strips, grab one of the strings and pull sill you have ruffles.

Pin the ruffle on the neck hole of your shirt, and sew on!
Now we’re going to do the sleeves.  Because of the stripes, we will use them to keep the sleeve length even.

Stick your arm through the neck hole and then through the sleeve.  Figure out the length you want the sleeve to be.  With your hand still in the sleeve, pull the right side of the sleeve INTO the sleeve (like you're hemming it).  We will sew the ruffle onto the sleeve, and at the same time hem the sleeves.  Then we’ll cut the excess sleeve material later.  This saves a step! (If this doesn’t make sense, look at the rest of the pictures.  I think those will help!)

Once you folded the sleeve to the right length, pin the ruffles onto you sleeves.

Sew those ruffles on (I did two times around for extra stability), and you’re almost done!

This is a picture of what it looks like when the ruffle is sewn on, and the sleeve is pulled back out.  Then go ahead and cut your excess sleeve off, and you’re good to go!


Now enjoy your new shirt!
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If you have any questions, let me know!