Saturday, April 3, 2010

Spring is in the air...and on these cute t-shirts

Hey Hey Everyone! The sun is shining and there are many happy children jumping on the trampoline in our backyard. Yesterday each of the kiddos had a friend over after school and they jumped for hours.

I have been doing some sewing projects lately and creating these really cool cosage t-shirts. I have been seeing these popping up at places like J-Crew and Ann Taylor. And I must say they are way to expensive for my taste. So, crafty me decided to make some. Check these out!

Supplies Needed: 2 t-shirts of the same color (or coordinating color...up to you)Thread in a coodinating color. Sewing needle or machine. Scissors for cutting the fabric shapes. Buttons or beads for further embellishment if needed.

The orange T was made by cutting a heart shape on my Cricut machine. I thien used the shape as a template and cut 15 hearts from the t-shirt fabric. The heart was about 3 inches. Any heart shape would due or you could even use a circle. I then sewed them on the t-shirt, starting at the top and moving down around the neck line. You need to overlap the hearts and tuck them under eachother. Just a little bit of stitching in the middle of each will do it. You can do this by hand or with a machine.

For the grey T I cut circles in three sizes and layered them on top of eachother with a bead in the middle.

All in all each t-shirt cost about $8.00 in supplies and 30 minutes of time. Not bad considering they sell at J-Crew and Ann Taylor for over $40.00.

Yay for being crafty!! Have a great day! MF signature

13 comments:

  1. These are so stinkin' cute. I love, love, love that grey one. Wonderful inspiration and now I'm on the look out for T's so I can create. I love crafting. It makes me so happy.

    Laurie G

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  2. Awesome shrts! how cute those are!

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  3. Fabulous Mf...I'm partial to the orange shirt. TFS

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  4. those are SO super cute! I am "sewing" challenged but might be able to manage one of these!!! thanks MF!

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  5. Hey Maryfrances! When I first saw you designed for Karen Foster, I wanted to ask if you know Alice Golden! Sure enough!! lol. It's a small scrappy world, eh? :) :)

    These t-shirts are so so very cute!! such clever ideas!

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  6. I've been waiting to see these, I'm so glad you made them.
    Are they for you or gail?
    Jenn

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  7. Those are so cute. I love the grey one.

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  8. Love these - and I know how gorgeous that orange one is in person :) Love the idea with the circles too... I bet these would be really cute sewn onto a summery bag.

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  9. Welcome to the mSB design team, Maryfrances. Can't wait to get to know you!!!

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  10. What a fabulous idea!!! TFS!! I'm sure gonna try this!!!!

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  11. I love these! And I wear a size medium. ♥ HA!!

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  12. I saw these the other day, but didn't leave any love for you I'm sorry MF!
    Beautiful work, you are really talented. Wish you were round the corner!
    Shell

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