"Willy Nilly" Shirt Refashion

Look up "Willy Nilly" in the dictionary, this is what you will find: 

something that is by compulsion or without choice; 

 something that is done in an unplanned or haphazard fashion.  

So when I thought about this t-shirt refashion, all that came to mind was to go at it "Willy Nilly".   

So with no real plan, I cut off the sleeves, opened them up and cut them into several long strips. The picture below shows where I made the cuts; I didn't actually draw the lines, I just guesstimated the width of each one.  I used both sleeves to make the strips.

Then I sewed one strip "Willy Nilly" and the rest followed. 

I also used two different colored threads instead on one. 

These are thread spools that I inherited from my grama many years ago. 

I just threaded my machine as I normally do, pulled two threads through the eye of the needle and sewed as usual.  

I also used a different color for my bobbin thread.  

So really, I used three different colored threads.  

As for the "ruffles", I just gathered as I sewed...no pins or premaking ruffles...

again, just "Willy Nilly".  

Then, I sewed down all the ruffles. 

See how the stitches look with the double thread? I love how it looks.

My husband double-dog-dared me to add this blurred picture of him while I was trying to get a good shot of the ruffles that I sewed onto the sleeves.  Here you go babe...

Sometimes the best things in life just come at you "Willy Nilly"...