I am OBSESSED with this shirt. I saw one like this in JCrew last year and it was a small fortune for a t-shirt…let’s get real.
So now, you can make your own JCrew knock-off
Flutter Flower Shirt.
It’s super simple and requires hardly an materials!
Time to get fluttering!
Two matching t-shirts
Matching thread
Scissors
Needle
Cut small strips into B shapes.
Open Bs to expose petals.
Stack open Bs with centers on top of each other. Vary how the Bs are stacked to create texture.
Sew a straight gathering stitch through both open Bs down the center of the top open B.
Pull thread to gather Bs.
Pinch the underside of your now stitched together flower.
Stitch back and forth through the pinch to stabilize the gather.
Repeat to make all your flowers. My shirt has 20 flutter flowers of varying sizes.
Once you have all your flowers, hand stitch them on to your second shirt. Overlap some to create the full look.
WARNING: Hand wash and lay flat to dry. It takes FOR-EV-ER to unwrinkle and iron out each petal if you use the washer and dryer…..not like that happened to me or anything!
Oh my goodness! This will be my weekend project. I made the flower headband this past weekend and love love love it. I made it out of one of my 18MO's stained t-shirts and it is so special because it is from one of his items
I think I will pick a contrasting color for my flowers so I don't have to go buy anything new. Yeah for a fun easy project! And great tutorials (I couldn't craft my way out of a paper bag!)
so so cute!!!
These tshirt tuts keep getting better and better
thank so much for sharing 
LOVE IT!
Wonderful project, it came out great. Love the flutter flowers.
I love it! Thanks for the cute idea!
PS I'm your newest follower!
I LOVE this one!
I want to see what it looks like wearing it!
that is SO cute! Too bad I don't have the patience to do something like that… LOL!
ohlala! I love the ruffly flowers. So sweet!
~ Emily N. from "too Blessed to Stress"
Ugh! You are so talented and I am so jealous of your talent. Have you considered starting and etsy store?
wow you are crafty! I love it! So pretty! I don't know if I could do that! But it looks amazing! ~Kimberly
Thanks for sharing, great idea. I'm your new follower from Follow me wed. Hope to see you at http://inspirationsbyd.blogspot.com
new follower. wow you are great with the sewing. i wish i was creative like that!
Wow!! Love this tutorial thanks! New follower:)
Lolo
http://www.crazyaboutmybaybah.com
So cute!
Oh, I just found your blog thinks to {Follow Me Wednesday} and I am in love with this tee… I am a tee shirt junkie so this is right up my alley and will be my next weekend project! Thanks for sharing such a neat idea.
Take care,
Lissa lou
http://www.randomlyrambling.com
thanks for leaving a comment on my blog to thank me. I thank you for letting me share this great idea with my readers.
~banu
So cute! yellow is so vibrant I love it!
So glad I popped by from Night Owl Crafting!
Love it but..hand wash and lay flat a t-shirt? I don't know if I can do that!! I have several I hang to dry so maybe I could get away with a lingerie bag or something?
love love love this shirt (and the fact that it's a jcrew knock off for a fraction of the cost)!
Nina, What a sweet little t-shirt! you have made it look wonderful!
Thaks for the tutorial.
Hugs, Cindy S
Digging this! Is it nerdy that I want to make matching shirts for me and my daughters? (Answer: Yes.)
YOU ARE AMAZING!
I Love this! It turned out so pretty~ I'd love it if you'd link up to Topsy Turvy Tuesday's (still going on today!) http://imtopsyturvy.com
The book pages are adorable. This is a truly great way to recycle (or upcycle as I like to call it.) I love it and would love to see you post this at my linky party Upcycled Awesome!
http://tinyurl.com/Upcycled9 and come back to my blog for Stashbusting-September. I promise it will be worth your while!
Wow, great tutorial….thanks so much!! I am looking forward to giving it a try!!
süperr. Pc: Turkey
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That kind of tinhnkig shows you’re on top of your game
awesome. AWESOME!
Love it, great job with this!
I LOVE this one, I'm so into yellow right now. This is Awesome!!
Nina,
these shirts are so popular and so adorable. thanks for the tutorial. Can't wait to make my own soon.
Brittany
http://www.prettyhandygirl.com
I love this and I'm featuring it today for Featured Flower Friday @ Singing Three Little Birds!
I have GOT to make me one of these!! I'm happy to be your newest follower and would love to have you as a friend at FFD! I'm having a link party/giveaway each Friday and would like to invite you to link up! Hope to see you there!
~Terrell @ FrouFrouDecor~
Absolutely fabulous==love it! I have made several of the tutorials for ruffled tshirts over at Tea Rose Home–I like yours so much I am definitely going to try it!
Gorgeous! The color is beautiful.
This is gorgeous. I found you via Weekend WrapUp and so glad I did.
stunning yellow,
what a fabulous post.
this is so beautiful…i love it. the color is awesome and the instructions look easy to follow….thanks for sharing
Very pretty! Love the yellow! Great tutorial – thanks for sharing! Hope you are enjoying your weekend! ~ Stephanie Lynn
Love what you did to the shirt. It certainly made it something special.
just so you know…i'm saving this one, so that one day i can give it a go! (i came from funky junk interiors.)
LOVE IT!!!
…visiting from Sassy Sites! I'm a new follower! Come by and say HI! I love your blog! It's such a SASSY site!
I can't believe you made that! Beautiful!!! Thanks for the great tutorial, I may have to give this a try!
Lol this is pret-ty much awesome
I love putting flowers on just about everything!
CUTE. Came from Girl Creative. I love it. I want to make one, I really need to grab two tshirts next time I am at the store.
I would love it if you stopped by my blog sometime. I need to look around your great blog a little more now too.
Just Another Day in Paradise
love this! I just made one after seeing yours:
http://amijustmom.blogspot.com/2010/08/flutter-flower-shirt.html
I seriously am in LOVE with this shirt! I need one ASAP! I love everything about it from the color to the adorable flowers! Thanks for linking up to Hoo's got talent!
So cute! I think it looks amazing! Thanks for sharing your project and how to make it. I will be linking to your great shirt.
Brooke
thecraftcave.blogspot.com
Oh, I love it!
It really came out nice!
Thank you for sharing!
Leticia
http://www.msbinglesvintagechristmas.com
I don't what I like more the gorgeous shade of yellow or the flowers. They work so well together.
Gorgeous! Thanks for linking @Creative Itch's "Sew Cute Tuesday"!
adorable! i am going to have to "attempt" to make this
funny about the laying flat rule!
I'm so glad I found your blog! This t-shirt looks great! You would never think it was DIY!!
I'm definitely going to try this one!
Just gorgeous! I'm totally inspired!
Love!!! Next time I see tees on sale at Target or Old Navy I am so doing this!
i absolutely LOVE this idea! I was looking for some t-shirt inspiration when i came across your post, now i'm your newest follower! =]
Love this. Thank you. I am going to be making these flowers and put them on a headband. I am your newest follower!
I love this transformation. I am totally going to do this when I get back home! Thanks for linking up to Topsy Turvy Tuesday's!
I linked to you in one of my posts, http://craftersanonymousclub.blogspot.com/2010/09/t-shirt-makeover.html
I love the shirt! So cute! Thanks for the tute!
I've add this to my post at http://www.thingswevediscovered.blogspot.com Love to share with my friends the great things I find….THANK YOU. Love this shirt and can't wait to make one for myself.
I could not be more thrilled to be your newest follower! I can't wait to try it. Do you think it would look bad if I tried a different color for the flowers? Like…maybe pink flowers on a grey t??
http://www.melonbelly.blogspot.com
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I'm posting about a variety of t-shirt ruffle tutorials today on my blog and mentioned yours with a link back- hope that's okay!
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Love this! Definitely on my list of "to do" projects
So, so cute!!
What a great knock off! I’ve featured this post on Copy Cat Crafts today, you can view it here
http://www.copycatcrafts.com/jcrew-inspired-flutter-flower-shirt/
We’d love it if you’d like to display a featured button! You can grab your button on the right hand side of your post. Thanks!
I just wanted to thank you so much for this…I posted it on pinterest..then I made one myself and linked your blog to mine…come and check it out http://tripletasking.com/2012/01/21/flutterby-shirt/ Thanks again..this idea was great!!
this is so cool…. i make this and attach it to the dresses i make…..
omg so love this! must give this a try, looks terrific!
So fine! Very much it is pleasant!!!
First of all, thank you for posting this!! I made the shirt over the weekend by following your tutorial and it turned out perfect. It was time consuming, but well worth the effort for the end result.