Slate Blue Appliquéd T

Here’s one of my headache projects.  It started out as a long sleeved lace tee from Down East.  The lace on these shirts don’t make it past the washer for one wash.  They always start looking awful, but I really loved the look of something at the bottom of the shirt.  I decided to cut the lace off and add a band from an old shirt at the bottom.  The band looked great, but the top of the shirt needed some help.  There was a small grease stain that I needed to cover up.  I tried doing this method, but it looked absolutely awful!  I ended up cutting it all off, unpicking, and in the process making holes in my shirt.  So I got some cute fabric, Steam 2 Seam, and appliquéd the flowers on the front.

Here’s a close up of the appliqué.  I did a loose zigzag stitch around all the edges.

I love it, but it was sure a lot of hassle to get to this point!  I have several other lace shirts that I will be adding the band to in the future.  Can’t wait, because I love how it turned out!