Ruffled American Flag Shirt Tutorial

I'm getting ready for the 4th of July! Are you?

I made the cutest little ruffled-y shirt, and wanted to share the tutorial with you!

Supplies needed:

Plain t-shirt

Blue Star Fabric

Red Fabric

Fabric Stabilizer

Red and White Ribbon

Glue Gun

Steps to a Fabulously Ruffled shirt!

(this is for a child's 5T shirt.  Adjust measurements as necessary)

• Cut a 4x4 in square of blue star fabric
• Cut a 10x7 in piece of red fabric and a 10x7 in piece of fabric stabilizer

•  Position the stabilizer inside the t-shirt, under where the red fabric will be.  Pin in place.

• Satin stitch all four sides of your red fabric
• Pin the blue star fabric in place, and satin stitch all four sides.  Should look like this:

• Next, cut your red and white ribbon.
• For the "short" section of the flag on top, I cut my ribbon to 14 inches.  For the long section on the bottom, I cut them to 24 inches.
• To "ruffle" your ribbon, set the stitch length on your sewing machine to the longest stitch possible (you want a big stitch, not little tiny ones)
• Do a single stitch right down the middle of your ribbon.

• Pull the thread on one end of your ribbon to "ruffle" it.  Like so:

• Using a glue gun, glue your ruffles in place, gluing under the ends so they don't fray.

Voila! A very patriotic and pretty shirt! 

Close up of the ruffles.  I love them!!

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