Now that our youngest teen is very intent on making her own clothes, a "just looking" day is fantastic fun and rather than emptying wallets, we end up with heads filled with inspiration and there's much chatter about fabrics and colours, as well as styles and what patterns we own that would come up with something similar, but still individual enough for her. One thing that really stood out to us on our last day in the city was the number of embellished T-shirts, something that can be easily done at home for very little cost.
What you'll need:
Plain T-shirt
Iron on interfacing
Cotton
Scissors
Beads (we used flat backed beads that had holes for sewing)
Needle
Tailors Chalk

Step One
Lay out the beads on the T-shirt in your chosen design and mark each bead's position with tailors chalk.
Step Two
Cut out interfacing to a size that will cover the area to be beaded. We find the interfacing gives some stability to the cotton t-shirt fabric and make it easier to sew. Iron interfacing to the inside of the T-shirt where the beads will sit.
Step Three

Step Four
Sew beads in place

Step Five
Delight in wearing your newly embellished T-shirt.
Happy Sewing
Deb
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Looks great and a fantastic way to make off the shelf into fabulously individual. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteThanks Hagreid, out teenager has already laid out her designs for some more T-shirts. Watch this space!
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