I bet if you looked under a Leprechauns jacket you may in deed find Ruffles!

***** I have two posts today so be sure to check out the one that posted before this one!

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In honor of this years day of Green and all things Irish and lovely...I've gone against my better judgment to create a Holiday Shirt Worthy of Leprechaun love!

I give full credit to the Dollar Store for making this project Possible!

Hello Dollar Store Shirts! Yep! These green shirts were hard to resist as I browsed the aisles of Dollar Tree! And for a total of TWO Bucks I was up for the challenge...heck! If it went horribly wrong it wasn't going to cost me much!

I used the larger shirt as my ruffle supplier by cutting 1.5" strips from it's bottom.

I knew I wanted 6 total strips that varied in length. Remember these are doubled up in the photo...I cut each set of strips about 2" shorter then the longer one that proceeded it to get the lengths I needed!

Then I sewed a straight stitch down the center of each individual strip being sure to set my machine to create the largest stitch possible.

Repeat until all six strips were stitched! (Say that 6 times fast!)

Now to turn them into ruffles! Simply pull one of the two strings to create a gather! You can do this from each end of the strip to push the gathers towards the center!

Finish Ruffling each strip and keep the long strings in tact.

Before I attached the ruffles to the shirt I wanted to adjust the neck line!

So I cut of the existing neck trim...

Used it as a template to create the new neckline...

And cut it out! Now I have the desired neck line I was hoping for! There I go again trying to show off the cleavage I don't have!

Now we need to lay out our ruffles and pin them in place!



Straight Stitch them on and remove the pins and trim all the strings!

And lastly we'll create a new neck trim by using a 1" strip of fabric from the other shirt we've been cutting. Start near the shoulder and fold it over the edge and sew it on!

NO time to crop so pardon the lack of make up and smile! I have to bribe my kids to snap photos for me and today Cricket wasn't in a bargaining mood!




Make up or no make up I'm in love with how this turned out! And take it from me...if your girls upstairs are lacking this here shirt is all you need to fluff up that section and put a little bounce in your step! Gotta love that!

So back off Pinch Happy friends! I'm covered this year!






P.S. people!

My friend Disney over at "Ruffles and Stuff" is hosting her first ever creative contest! Can you guess what it might involve?????

Ruffles! Ruffles! And more Ruffles!!!!
DUH!!!



Be sure to submit your ruffle creations! The prizes are out of this world!