Friday, August 6, 2010

Appliqued Silhouette Shirt

We are taking a vacation next month (can you guess where?) and the Princess needed her own princess shirt:)

You can turn any silhouette into a shirt for your little one...or for yourself:) How cute would this be with the grandchildren for a grandpa or grandma?

Materials:

fabric for silhouette (I chose black)

any fabric for additional appliques (I used a blue satin for a headband)

Heat N Bond

matching thread

iron

white computer paper

marker/pen

shirt

1. Draw your silhouette image on plain paper. I used computer paper. Also, you can save this as a template if you want to make more silhouettes in the future.

2. Cut out your silhouette fabric a little larger than your image. Also cut out a Heat N Bond piece the same size.

3. Iron your Heat N Bond to the wrong side of the fabric per the package directions.

(There's my mini iron again!)

4. Trace your silhouette template on the paper side of the Heat N Bond. Remember that your image will be reversed when it is ironed on....so I flipped mine around so that it would face left when I ironed it on the shirt.

5. Cut out your silhouette.

6. I then drew out a headband template and repeated the applique process with some blue satin.

Here is the "headband". I just laid it on top of the silhouette to show you...I didn't iron it on yet.

7. Peel off the paper back of the Heat N Bond, place the silhouette on your shirt, and iron it on per the packaging instructions.

8. Stitch along the outer edge with a straight stitch. You could use a zigzag if you want...I just liked the clean look of a straight stitch.

9. Next I ironed on my "headband" piece.

Here it is after I stitched along the edges.

For a little extra "sparkle" I sewed on a large craft gem for an "earring".

And that's it! This project was super easy and I am pretty pleased with the results. Rarely does a project come out the way I saw it in my head:)

You could really make silhouettes for anything like a purse, a backpack, or a blanket. How cute would these be made out of paper in a girl's room? I am thinking of recreating this on a larger scale out of paper for my daughter's next birthday party.

As soon as I showed it to her...she asked where the "other princesses" were...I didn't know I had to make more than one!

Price:

shirt: $1.00

black material: $.40

blue satin: $.20

I already had the Heat N Bond and the craft gem

Total: $1.60

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7 comments:

  1. This is such a great tutorial. I'm going to have to make one for my little girl. It is easy on the budget too. Love it!

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  2. This could possibly be the cutest thing ever. So creative and such a cool design! Can't wait to try this project out!

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  3. So cute! I love how it's cute and adorable, but not cutesy and covered in kiddy junk. Very classy!

    I'm hosting a t-shirt linky party next Friday. Hope you'll link this up...I think my readers will love it!

    www.mommagoround.blogspot.com

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  5. Thats too funny. My sister made a princess Jasmine one and I copied her by making cinderella. Yours came out better because the shape is more defined. Good job!

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  6. Hi Melissa

    My sincerest apologies, I didn't mean to upset you or step on your toes. My little sister saw your post and apparently left a comment about it. Then she made one so I made one as well. I even asked her where she saw it and she said "i dont know, online somewhere." I am very sorry. If you look at my post again I have given you proper credit, I had no idea where the idea came from. Thank you for all the inspiration and I hope we can still be blogging friends. It really was not my intention to upset you or your friends in any way.

    Have a great evening
    XOXO Kirsi

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