Sunday 10 June 2012

Scrappy Rainbow Tee


My second project of NSS






I'm such a great procrastinator. I have five gifts to make by next weekend, but I couldn't get the idea of this tee out of my head! 






And I love how it turned out! Oh I should probably mention, she's pretty into doing her own hair at the moment :) 




I free-handed a rainbow and drew lines to make seven strips for each colour (ROJGBIV). Then I cut each line out, making sure I labelled them each first.



Then I cut out strips of corresponding coloured fabric scraps and pinned them on a plain tee Izzy had (I did cheat a little and use pink flowery instead of indigo, but the rest are pretty much spot on). I slid a book between the layers of the tee to make sure I didn't pin through both layers.




Then when they're all pinned on choose a matching thread and sew them on. I used the same colour as the tee and a zig zag stitch.








I finished it early Saturday morning, popped it on Izzy and we headed over to a car boot sale. She found the Disney Princess Vtech laptop for £1 and it looks like new! Plus it's touch screen! You can see how thrilled she was!

And just so you don't think I'm cheating on my no spend summer, the car boot was an activity we'd had planned and budgeted for a while. I actually ended up just spending £5.50 and still managed to score the laptop, a daddy pig toy, bob the builder digger, 12 tiles (that you know I'm gonna use for some more coasters!), some clip on earrings for Izzy (don't worry I always anti bac spray everything!) and two chunky wooden frames. One of which is already drying after a coat of paint!

Not bad I'd say! Even the hubs was impressed :) always a good sign!

I'll leave you with a few of Izzy's poser shots!


  

I really love this girl!

   <(found some great summer tees at Delia's that gave me the push for this one!)

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22 comments:

  1. This is the cutest little shirt ever. I wonder if my 10 year old would wear this if I made her one. :) Maybe...

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    1. I would wear one! :) Would be an awesome activity to do together! If she chose the fabrics and drew the rainbow? Maybe even some pinning?

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  2. This is soooo cute! I love it :) What a great way to pep up a tshirt. Your daughter is super cute too - My girls would just love that pink laptop :)

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    1. Thank you! :) And my daughter is in love too! Even my little boy likes the touch screen! Can't believe I got it for £1, I do love a bargin!

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  3. Love it! Really cute idea. I love applique...

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    1. Thanks Mary! That'll have to be your first project with your sewing machine ;)

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  4. This is a great idea, I would love to do this with my girls' tees! So glad you linked up to the Summer Fun Party!!

    Shannon@SewSweetCottage

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    1. You should giver it a go! It's not hard, and probably took me about 1-2 hours to do everything. Really enjoying the summer fun party!

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  5. I'm totally making one for myself. I wonder if I can make one for Jack? Maybe in shades of blue with a black cloud and a LIGHTNING BOLT. Boom. Masculine.

    And Izzy is such a supermodel. Upper & Lower R photos are my fave!

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    1. I still have the template if you want to borrow it ;)

      And I LOVE the rain cloud idea! That would be so cute. I need to think of an idea for Ethan too. I know! Where does she get it from?

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  6. Absolutely adorable. LOVE that you used some patterned fabric scraps in with the solids. Looks like one happy little girl there! Thanks for sharing at SaltTree's Open Call Tuesdays!
    http://www.salttree.net/2012/06/open-call-tuesdays-8.html

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    1. That's really kind Kirstin! Always fun to think someone liked something I did enough to pin it! :)

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  8. Your baby, her hair and her shirt are all GREAT!

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  9. That shirt is awesome! I love the idea of just sewing the colors on and leaving the fabric edges raw. It is so fun looking! Thanks so much for linking this up to The Fun In Functional!

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  10. Excellent project. Thanks for linking to the Summer Fun Party. I am one of the cohosts from TheStuffofSuccess. Feel free to stop by and say hello. Have a great week. Athena

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  11. This is awesome,you have great talent!
    www.blissfulsewing.blogspot.com

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  12. ADORABLE! Would love for you to link up at my linky party.
    http://www.thegirlinthewildwest.com/

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  13. Featuring you on my blog tonight! Stop by and grab a button if you'd like. :) Thanks for linking up!!

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    1. Thanks Katy! So awesome to see Izzy's tee on your blog! Have popped the button on now.

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