I made the tank and shorts in the upper left hand corner. I will definitely making some night shirts this winter. Here's the finished product:
I used teal jersey fabric and bright pink thread. I trimmed and added details with a zigzag stitch. After the basic tank and shorts was complete, I still wanted to add a little character. I tried fabric flowers for the first time. Here's a quick and easy tutorial:
Here are the first two flowers. I have seen other tutorials about handstitching the flowers, but 1) I'm not the best at hand stitching and 2) I'm lazy so I attempted on my sewing machine first and am actually surprised it worked!
First, you want to cut strips of fabric. The strips for the smaller side flowers were about a foot long and 2 inches wide. You don't have to be exact on these measurements at all.
Next, take one corner of the fabric strip and place in the center of where you want the flower to be. Forward and back stitch to knot the fabric in place.
Lift the pressure foot and twist the fabric. Put the pressure foot back down and sew in the center of the twist. I used pink thread again, but you can't tell at all. The thread will be inside the twist and you won't be able to see it.
Start to curve the twist in a circle around the starting point. Keep sewing on top of the twist, lifting the pressure foot to turn the fabric when needed.
The beginning of the flower is the hardest part. Once you make 2 circles, it will be much easier to rotate the the garment and you won't have to lift the pressure foot anymore. You might have to push the flower itself and get your fingers very close to the needle. Be careful, I got hit by the needle holder a couple times.
When you get to the end, position of end of the twist underneath the previous circle and sew to the end.
Hope this was helpful! Let me know if you have any questions!
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