project of the day.......

so i mentioned in my last post that i'm letting the girls participate in the blossom festival pageant this year..........well, the contest includes newborn thru high school.... but the smallest size the shirts come in is a 2-4......so that leaves the babies with having to use theirs as a dress or resize the shirt.......yesterday i resized one for a friend.....her little girl is in like a 6-9 month size.....so i ended up having to cut a lot off the original shirt.......and i put elastic around the neckline.......i started out using elastic thread.......but it just didn't give me the stretch i thought it would.....so i decided to take it all out and go this route....using just the plain elastic,, i got a LOT of stretch around the neckline,,,,and it made for a fuller ruffle than the elastic thread......the elastic thread look is called shirring.......i've decided it's just a lot of hype.....the elastic is a much better way to go!!!!.......here's some pics....the first is the original size shirt with the new one i made.......the second is the back of the shirt........i can't wait to get to my girls shirts....emma grace's is going to be so fun!!! i found the coolest tutorial......and i'll share it with u after the pageant monday!