guest poster--keeping it simple

Alrighty..i've got a guest poster for you today! And she has a great simple dynamo outcome of a refashion for you
(and let's show her some agaagg love and leave lots of comments!)
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Hi, my name Kaysi and I blog at Keeping it Simple

One of my favorite things to do is refashion clothes.  I want to have new clothes but don't have the money to   buy all new clothes, so I go to my closet and see what clothes I can redo, so it feels like new clothes!!

I love this time of year because long sleeve shirts go on sale for super cheap!  I love getting them and then cutting up the sleeves and using them to add ruffles or something to the shirt.  I found this super cute idea here, and decided to make one for myself.  It was super easy and quick!

Down East was having a great sale and I got this shirt for only $3.50.  I love their basic line, they are long and stretchy!!

First thing I did was cut off the sleeves to where I wanted them.

Using the extra sleeve fabric, I cut several little "B" shape pieces.  

I paired two of the B shape pieces together.

Using my longest stitch setting, I sewed the two pieces together.  Then I pulled the bobbin thread tight to gather the pieces together.  

I folded them two times, to make it look like a petal.  Then I sewed it to the shirt.

Once it was sewed to the shirt, I moved the petals around to hide the part where I sewed it.

I continued doing that until I felt like it was full enough and big enough.

I then hemmed the edges and with elastic thread in the bobbin, I gathered the sleeves (I seriously love it and get compliments all the time!)

And here it is on, I love how it's simple enough to wear dressy but I could pair it with jeans and it would look good too!

I'm planning on washing the shirt but definitely not going to dry it.

Thanks for having me today Kimbo, I just adore you and your blog!

I would love it if you came by and said hi sometime, I always love a new friend!

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make sure you go check her out...she has many great refashions...and she's a wiz with her silhouette...and she's got plenty of awesome star wars crafts to keep any kid in true love!