Doily T-shirt with Super Cute Sleeves

  (I didn’t take a before pic, but here’s the link to other colors)

I cleaned out my closet last week and got rid of nearly 20 shirts that I never wear anymore (or they’re so gross I SHOULDN’T be wearing anymore).  I spent a few days combing my town’s stores, and found almost nothing.  I found 1 shirt at Target.  I found several great deals on plain colored t-shirts, but my sister said that I needed a closet intervention and was no longer allowed to buy plain colored t-shirts. :)  So I passed those sale racks, and continued searching.  I still found nothing.  I even took my sister shopping with me so she could help me with this intervention.  She finally said it would be okay for me to buy plain colors if I made them over.  So that’s what I did!  

(side view so you can see the sleeves)

I bought this shirt at Target for $6.00, and the doily for $1.99ish at Joann’s.  I tried the shirt on, stuck the doily where I wanted it, pinned it while I was still wearing the shirt, and then sewed the doily.  I didn’t make a tutorial, but I used this one from I am Momma, Hear Me Roar for the inspiration.  I just went around in different spots around the doily until I felt it was secure.  I didn’t bother to cut threads after each set of stitches, I just pulled the threads and trimmed threads at the end of the process.  Then I cut the bottom inch and a half off, re-hemmed the shirt, and used the bottom strip for the strips on the sleeves.  I made two strips, pinned them to the shoulder, tried it on, and tacked them on.  I could add some buttons if I wanted to find cream ones, but I probably never will.  I’m sure I’ll do this again to another set of sleeves sometime.  If you want a tutorial, just holler!

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