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Ruffled

Saturday night telly killing your brain cells? Make yourself a fancy Sunday top!

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Here’s what I started with. Pink cotton jumper from Oxfam. Thanks Oxfam. Well it’s too flat isn’t it? So I jushed it up with some bits. I collected some handy habby…

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Ripped a strip of my liberty print fabric off (ouch) and made a ruffle by doing a running stitch down the middle of the strip and pulling the thread until you get a pleasing level of pleats.

I made covered buttons using the freebies from Mollie Makes this month. Dead easy. Let’s hope they last!

Then I pinned the ruffle on like so.

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And sewed on, again with running stitch. Simples!

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Pollie Math

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