Christmas shirt #2

I made a second design after seeing all these pretty ruffle shirts on Pinterest... mine didn't turn out exactly how I had imagined, but Miss 4 loved it anyway :) I used the same fabric as I used on Mr 7's shirt but this one took a little longer.

Cut strips of fabric about 5cm wide using pinking shears.

Lay your strips out on your shirt to work out how many you will need. Sew each strip from the edge (1cm) using a straight stitch on your machine with the settings to the longs and widest, and cut with some length left so you can pull the ends to 'ruffle' the fabric. You could hand sew the ruffles if you don't have a machine using a basic running stitch.

Arrange strips to form your tree (you may have to trim some to the right size)

Once arranged sew the strips onto your shirt staring at the bottom. I hand sewed as I found the ruffles easier to control, but machine stitching would be much faster!

Once sewn, add your embellishments (beads, bows, bells, whatever, and your shirt is done)... Miss 4 insisted on shiny red beads as her shirt then resembled our tree :)