Okay, I’d like to promise that this one is the last but I had so much fun with this technique that I’m already itching to try another one.
What I really like about this one is that because the ruffles are all sewed down, it’s not too ‘big’ or lioness looking. Also, I like how kind of messy and haphazard it looks. Which is exactly what it was.
I started off with some satin that I had ruffled, leftover from this cardigan project last month. (FYI: Here’s how to make a ruffle)
I pinned the ruffle to the tee in the general pattern I was thinking of and then sewed along the already existing middle stitch.
Then I started just sewing down the ruffles, very randomly and with the only plan being to stay on the ruffle and not to bunch up the stretchy shirt. Every little bit I would take it out of the machine, look at it with a squinty eye and decide what general direction I needed to start sewing next.

This is what the stitch looks like on the inside. See? I told you it was crazy. The bobbin and I didn’t get along at one point; things got messy, but luckily it’s only on the inside. You do have to be REALLY careful with these stretchy tees not to stretch them as you’re sewing the ruffles down, and not to ruffle the tee. The seam ripper and I became pretty decent friends during this project. But I really like the result. I’m wearing the tee as we speak 🙂

Other refashioned shirts and embellished tees I’ve made you may have missed:
Plum Ruffle Tee
Refashioned Cardigan
V-neck Ruffle