DIY T-Shirt Fabric Flowers

I'm really into the whole fabric flower trend.  They are really cute and can dress up anything.  BUT I don't want to spend the money on them when I know I can make it myself for cheaper.  So I browsed online and found a tutorial for Ribbon Flowers.  I cannot take credit for the original tutorial, I found it here. 

And mine turned out like this...

I used silver ribbon and then played around with my camera settings

After playing around with some other materials, I found that you can make the same flower, using the same technique, with T-shirt fabric.  

Cut a long strip of T-shirt fabric, about 1 inch wide.  

Then use the same technique to make the flower:

Tie a knot at one of the ends of the strip of fabric.  Using the hot glue, twist the fabric around the knot and glue as you go along.  

Here is what I came up with: 

I think I like the way it turned out.  It is a little more "rustic" than the ribbon flower because the edges aren't finished.  But it gives you more of a casual look than the ribbon flowers.  

Why I like these:  

*  They are VERY easy to make, takes about 5 minutes per flower.  

*  They are VERY cheap to make!  I bought fabric from the remnants section of the fabric store and ribbon from the dollar store.  Each flower uses very little fabric; you get a ton of flowers for your money. 

*  They are easy to turn into pins and hair clips.