Ruffled Shirt Hem

Add a girly touch to your favorite plain t-shirt by creating a Ruffled Shirt Hem from Candace Jedrowicz. Use the stretch and sew technique for this t-shirt transformation. Who knows, you might end up adding a fun hem to all of your old, boring t-shirts.


 

Materials:

• Sewing machine
• Thread
• Scissors
• T-Shirt

Instructions:

1. I wanted to take off several inches, so I put the bottom of the uncut shirt on the sewing machine.You can mark the length if you want.Set your machine on a stretch stitch, medium tension with stitches close together.
   
   
    
2. Stitch while stretching the fabric from both sides. I stitched in a wavy back and forth motion to create a slightly varied ruffle.
   
   
    
3. Trim off the bottom of the shirt close to the stitching.
   
   
    
4. Here is the finished edge.
   
   

For aq comprehensive video tutorial of this project, check out How to Make a Ruffle Hem on a T Shirt.