Arial tee refashion...with ruffles, of course.

My new machine arrived!!!  I am a little intimidated because I've never used a serger before, but while I'm working up my courage, here's a tee-refashion that I got done BEFORE my sewing machine died.

So, I had this tee-shirt with The Little Mermaid on it...

But there was a hole.

No, really, it's there if you look closely enough.  How could I wear a tee-shirt with a hole to Disney World???  The scandal!  The shame! 

And there was this scarf...

But it had this loose-weave-kinda-hole thing happening:

...which I think gathering into ruffles would hide and maybe even strengthen pretty well.

So I cut each of the patterned stripes into long strips to make my ruffles.  The scarf is VERY thin.

 I tried the same trick that I use for making your own bias tape for these, to make the ruffles more substantial:  fold the strip in half and press; open the pressed strip and fold each side up to the center and press.  Then you have a "tape" with no unfinished edges to ruffle into place. 

I had some scarf left over, so waste-not/want-not... Now I have fluttery sleeves that no self-respecting woman-over-thirty (ahem) would wear in Disney.  But who said I'm self-respecting... I'm DISNEY-respecting here.  Anyway, making the sleeves was intriguing, because they were cuffed and provided a very nice way to hide the stitches. 

Here is the finished upcycled shirt:

I will wear this to request Arial's autograph.  OK.  A little creepy.  Perhaps I will just give Arial a little wave from afar -- you know, princess-to-princess.

I like the bow in the back best.