Here is a very simple up cycle of a child's shirt to personalise a garment for a special someone. Using 2 strands of DMC embroidery floss, we have 3 rows of Chevron Stitch sitting suggly together to add interest to the hem and sleeve edges.
Unusually for me, I used a hoop to support the fabric as I stitched. I found this necessary to hold the fabric taught and slightly stretched. Cheesecloth is quite crinkly and the hoop keeps the fabric even through out the stitching around the hem.
The colours chosen were my personal choice to provide a subtle decoration around the garments edges. To add your own personal touch choose your garment and your colours - be subtle or make the colours pop.
Around the sleeves, it was not possible to use an embroidery hoop as the space here is very small. As you can see in the image below, the fabric is kept taught using my fingers.
The DMC colours used here are 951 (pale), 758 (mid), 3778 (dark).
Simple and quick!
