{T-shirt Cardigan}

You can make one of these in about an hour! 

We had family pictures done and when I was planning the color scheme I realized I didn't have any clothes  that matched (or even fit) the rest of the family. It was the night before picture day and it was late, so I ran into Wal-mart with my fingers crossed. I found a gray/silver sparkly t-shirt. That was all they had that was any thing close to the color I needed, SO.....I grabbed it and went home to look in my closet for a shirt to recycle. I found a few, but the blue and white stripe button down seemed to be the right match. I grabbed my scissors and started cutting strips of the shirt to create the ruffled edge on this cardigan......

Bought this t-shirt at Wal-mart for $3.00....

 Cut it up the middle....

 I had another button up shirt that I never wear, so I cut strips out of it...

 Made a stitch straight down the middle of each strip...

 I had to cut the neck line a little to make a curve..

 I used the cut piece to use as a pattern for the other side, that way they were even...

 Stitched it right on top of the t-shirt...

 The shirt was slightly too baggy and the sleeves were too long on me....

 

 Snip, Snip here and a snip, snip there...

Here it is....

 I had to make some flowers out of the left overs :)

 And add some buttons...

                               

 What do you think?

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