Sweatshirts and tee shirts are on the inexpensive side of a wardrobe. Sales and craft departments often charge well under five dollars for these wardrobe basics that can easily be turned into something worth well over the price you paid with just a little bit of fun embellishing. Dress them up for special occasions and and have an inexpensive wardrobe that you can wear with pride.
1. Dress up an Inexpensive Sweat Shirt with Cut Work
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A seat shirt is far from plain and simple when you are done with this embellishment technique. Beads and cut work totally transform an inexpensive sweatshirt in these step by step directions.
2. Sew a Halloween Pumpkin Appliqued Sweat Shirt
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3. Sew Yourself A Dressed Up Sweat Shirt Project -- Hearts and Cut Work
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4. Sew a Fall Shirt with Colorful Leaves and Acorns
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5. Dress Up Garments with Frayed Patchwork Patches and Embroidery Samples
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6. Yo-Yo Tee Shirt With Hand Sewn Blanket Stitch and Chain Stitch
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7. Machine Embroidering Tee Shirts or Stretchy Fabric
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Embroidering a tee shirt takes a very inexpensive ready-made clothing item and turns it into something to take notice of. Sounds simple enough... until you stretch the fabric as you hoop it. Or you launder the tee shirt to end up with a puckered mess. The good news is that all those problems are easily avoided with the step by step direction you'll find in this article.
