Take an old turtleneck t-shirt (this is a new girl's 10-12, after season sale priced at $1.00), cut off the sleeves in a crescent shape and the neck curving down to include the maker's mark on the back. (I cut 1/4 of the neck first and folded it over and followed the cut line through the three remaining portions.)
This is the finished Tee--now a junior size small. First, I stay-stitched the neckline making sure to not stretch the fabric as I sewed. I made one-inch strips of fabric from the length of one sleeve, cut the strips into approximate one-inch squares pinning each square to the neckline while overlapping each. I ran a stitch directly through the middle of each square, again being careful to not stretch the fabric while sewing. I ruffled the sleeve edges with a zig-zag stitch.
Here's the close-up of the top of the shirt. Pretty cute. It goes to
S'more Couture today and will sell for $36.00---I hope---and I get 60% of the sale. Cool! I can't wait to make more. Salvation Army and Goodwill, watch out for your turtleneck rack (I probably wouldn't even find three turtlenecks in both stores). Retail sellers, I can't wait to get my hands on your Clearance tee shirts.
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Awww, just how sweet are those ruffles!! I like this a lot :)
I reconstructed an old turtleneck into a top with lace panels and a peter pan collar, please have a look at: http://whatscraftdoc.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/diy-from-turtleneck-to-lace-panels-top.html
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