Yes – I just HAD to have a shirt to show off my Olympic Fever – – so here it is – a quick tutorial on how to make a DIY Team USA Shirt!
I know I don’t normally post craft tutorials on Saturday, but hey, I just made this yesterday afternoon, so I couldn’t post it before then. I wore it to an Opening Ceremonies watch party – aka, eating pizza and popcorn at my parents’ house.
Anyways, on to the tutorial – – first off, I grabbed the shirt on sale at Old Navy a few days ago for $3 – I am always on the look-out for cheap blank shirts – you never know when you’ll need one.
Then I had this paint from Tulip on hand (we used it when we painted shirts) – it was perfect – glitter fabric paint. In Red White and Blue. The White was actually more of a clear with glitter.
So I cut out a design on my Silhouette Cameo, but you can use an exacto knife and hand-cut contact paper – that’s what Kate did – I used her shirt for inspiration.
Then I painted over the design/stencil that I had stuck onto the shirt, like so:
I let the paint dry for maybe 30 minutes then painted a second coat. Then I let it dry about an hour in the sun. After that I carefully peeled off the vinyl stencil. The lines from the glitter paper were really crisp and perfect – love that!
Then I put it on for the Olympic Opening Ceremonies – nothing like last minute!
So, if you want a fun Saturday activity today while you watch the Olympics, make yourself a Team USA shirt – you can do it!!
Jenny Higdon says
Love! The best craft projects are the impromptu ones.
Jenny Higdon says
Love! The best craft projects are the impromptu ones.
Kathy Penney says
Wow! Looks like it came from a trendy shop! Well done!
A Proverbs 31 Wife says
love it!
LeighAnn says
Very cool!
Lindsay @Artsy-Fartsy Mama says
So fun!! You are so creative!!
I featured your shirt on my blog today, feel free to check it out: https://www.artsyfartsymama.com/2012/07/pinteresting-features-n-shtuff-42.html
Kassi @ Truly Lovely says
Way to get in the spirit!!!