Pink Star Burst Shirt Refashion

My youngest sister loves the color pink...in any tone or shade.  A couple of months ago, I bought a long sleeved pink shirt and made this shirt for myself, but then my sister borrowed it.  I haven't seen it since.  I should have known.  Oh well, at least I know the shirt is well cared for and loved very much.  

Here is what I did. I cut off and opened up the sleeves

Then, I cut many long strips 

Pinned them on the shirt like so

Sewed them on...some I just pulled as I sewed and others I gathered as I sewed.  Notice the neckline...well, I figured since the neckline had a raw finish to it so could the sleeves. So the sleeves have a raw, rolled look to them.  They go well with the rest of the shirt.

Added a button and hand tacked the strips just so that they would not fall over the button.  I also cut the strips down the middle...just to give me more strips to tack down because I love extra work.  In hind sight, I wouldn't cut them further. 

 I marked them with little hearts where I tacked the strips down.

And that is it. 

Here is the only time I wore the shirt...for a photo shoot.

The shirt appears in many shades of pink in all these photos but I promise it's all the same shirt.  I blame it on the different camera angles and lighting...and playing on Picnik for this.  But to my sister, I'm sure it's all the same...they are all shades of pink and proof the the shirt was destined for her. Funny how that worked out.