Rhinestone Shirt Refashion

I have always loved the shirts I find at the Antique Festival,

 the ones with the rhinestone designs on them,

 to bad that they always have crosses on them

and also are super expensive (like $65)

So I was excited when I found this ($20):

Well, I don't know if you can tell, but the decal is not in the middle,

also I wish I would have tried it on before buying because it looks horrid! 

I paid to much to just chunk it, so I had a brilliant idea,

Cut out the decal I like

and reattach it to a shirt that I like

(kinda like those super cool hats and dresses I see at those summer festivals) 

Here is my shirt I bought at Target ($5.46)

with a gift card,

 so it is kinda like I didn't spend any money on this project 

I tried the shirt on to see were I wanted the decal,

then I marked (with a sewing marker) the lines I wanted to stay inside of 

I used my spray adhesive to temporarily attach it to the shirt while I sewed in on 

Here it is before 

I then used the spray adhesive to attach a stabilizer to inside of the shirt

(the shirt is really soft, and I didn't want the stitches to rip through it) 

Here is the stitching up close.

I used a stitch that would stretch with the shirt

(not zigzag, but close to it) 

Also, you can tell by this picture that I didn't cut the decal out perfectly

the camo jersey will curl, and give it the worn look I wanted

I attached a heat fusible interfacing,

(so it wouldn't itch me)

and TaDa!

Now I can't decide if it needs more

and what to do with the rest of that shirt! 

I had my first order of the year,,, finally!

I was so excited, I knocked it out in one afternoon

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