Baby Gift From An Old Tee Shirt DIY

Remember my baby gift tutorial that I posted earlier this spring?

Well, I made another baby girl gift using the same steps!

For this project, I used an upcycled tee shirt for fabric...

I packaged it in a little origami box I made form cardstock, 

topped with one of my handmade flowers.

When I want to make an origami box, 

I just look up a origami box tutorial on youtube!

You could make this same project for a boy, 

using a sailboat, car, bike, whale, owl... on the shirt!

 I used my walking foot to sew on the heart. I still haven't located 

my fabric stabilizer; it sure would have been nice to have some!

Also, rather than a ruffle, I just added a stack of raw 

fabric strips as the hem. It made a neat layered look!

To make the little headband, I simply sewed the ends of a  long rectangle 

piece of knit together, then sewed a tube of knit around the seam!

Here is what my first outfit of this sort looked like:

You can find the tutorial here.

-Sylvie