Show and Tell: Valentine Tee

For a holiday I don't care much for, I seem to be posting a lot about Valentine's Day. But I'm pretty sure this is the last one, though. At least for this year.

At the very last minute, I decided I needed to make Phoebe something to wear for Valentine's Day. She didn't have a dress or a tee or even some polka-dot heart tights. It was Pinterest to the rescue!

I found THIS tutorial and it looked easy enough. After spending about an hour trying to figure out how to make the dress, I chunked the gray tee back in the "clothes to be up cycled" pile decided a tee would work just as well...and take a lot less time!

Here's how it turned out.

I wish I had jammed the ruffles up together a little more so the black wouldn't peek through like it does. I had plenty of fabric. But I had already sewn down three rows when I realized that and I was too lazy to fix it.

I didn't crochet the hat. I bought it at the local children's consignment store. I don't crochet or knit and I have no plan to learn. But it does look pretty sassy though, right?

Or maybe that's just the gal wearing it. I'm a little surprised she wore it all day long, but she did. Wonders never cease.


* A yummy new PASTA RECIPE over at Eating at the Taj McCall!