This is a project from my teen daughter, Maya: Have you ever had a tie dye t-shirt FAIL? You know, like when it doesn’t come out exactly the way you thought? I did. Well, what do you do with the shirt? After all my sweat and tears, I didn’t want to throw it out. I decided to try and make those cool poofy fabric flowers!
I took my shirt and cut it up into squares. I didn’t measure, I just cut different sizes. Then I sprayed them with Tulip® Fabric Spray Paint™.
Next I added dots and splatter by taking apart the bottle and drizzling the paint. I used bright colors on dark and vice versa, so they would show up good.
I love the pink on the purple!
I let them dry for four hours and washed and dried them. I cut out different sizes of circles. Honestly, I didn’t know how I was going to make my flowers at this point, I had to ask my mom for help.
We took each circle and added Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue® in the center of each one and pinched it so it looked ruffley. (Is there such a word as ruffley?) Let them dry.
I used the big piece as the base and glued the tips of each pinched circle towards the center so they looked super poofy!
See the pin back in the picture? I used the Tacky Glue and added those too, so that I can use the flowers on whatever I want. I also covered them in Tulip® Glitter Spray Paint for sparkle.
Here they are on a blouse of mine. There are super JUMBO! I will end up wearing only one on my blouse and use the other two on other things, like my purse or a hat. Maybe I’ll give one to my little cousins Sarah and Bella! Next time I’ll definitely make mini versions. You can also add crystals if you want!
Such a great project! That will work great with my younger siblings. I love doing projects with my sisters and they’ll love this one! Thank you for sharing.
I love it! I have been making lots of different no sew flowers and now I have another one to try! I love the huge flowers (I have a denim one on now!)!!
Great tutorial Maya! I can’t wait to try those out. I think they look great.
Such a great project! That will work great with my younger siblings. I love doing projects with my sisters and they’ll love this one! Thank you for sharing.
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Beautiful! flowers on clothing, very hot right now 🙂
These are absolutely gorgeous!!!
Those are adorable! 🙂
i love this! i knew i was saving all of my ruined shirt projects for something!
What a fun project!! Looks like Maya is really creative too! 🙂
That is so much fun I can’t wait to try it!!
That would be good with the wrapped roses or other flowers, too. Thanks!
Holy wow! Those are gorgeous! I want to make a bunch to trim up the hem of a dress for my babygirl!
Thank you for the inspiration!
I have been wanting to get more into sewing lately! Just the inspiration I need!
I love it! I have been making lots of different no sew flowers and now I have another one to try! I love the huge flowers (I have a denim one on now!)!!
These are beautiful! Can’t wait to try this.
These are beautiful! Can’t wait to try them.
Those flowers look so cool!
I saw your feature at Tatertots and Jello, thank you for the giveaway!