I really do love it. It's faster than sewing on appliques and these days I appreciate a quick project. I saw a tutorial for an argyle shirt similar to the one I made but I can't find it to link to you. It's not in my bookmarks and didn't come up on a google search. If you happen to know the blog post I'm talking about please let me know so I can give credit to the idea and share what I was inspired to do. :)
I thought wrapping the argyle around to the back would be fun.
Quick Notes Tutorial {Sorry no pics as I was going to link the other one for you}.
- Find a solid polo {or tee}
- Print out an argyle image {Google Images brought up a few}
- Trace onto freezer paper and use a paper trimmer or straight edge & exacto knife to cut.
- OR skip the two steps above if you have a Silouhette to cut the design straight onto freezer paper.
- Arrange your argyles & iron on. This time I only ironed on where I wanted it to stay black, next time I'll iron them all on and peel the spaces I want to paint so they line up better. {you can see several goofs on my shirt}
- Let dry, apply a second layer of paint if needed {using white on black I needed two, possibly three layers}. Once all is dry peel remaining argyles, put a damp cloth over painted areas and iron to set.
- Grab a straight edge & taylors chalk {or white crayon} to make lines for sewing.
- Stitch crisscrossing lines then wash shirt to get chalk or crayon off. I like to hang dry my painted shirts but they do survive the drier also.
I think this would look really cute on a onsie too. You could make matching dad & son shirts for Father's day or other special occasion. The blog post I got the idea from made argyle shirts for the whole family, this can definitely be done for girls too.
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