Completed Shirts

[Kblue]

Hey guys! I just wanted to show you some shirts that I designed and made for our family vacation in September, 2013. I used my Cricut to cut out the designs on freezer paper and then ironed them onto the shirts. I just painted over the stencils. I was very happy with the results. I made two shirts for each of us. One was a trip shirt that had our names on the front and a trip logo on the back.





The second one was a personalized character shirt with a quote. (I didn't get a good picture of my mom's shirt, but she had a Wendy shirt.)













Please let me know what you think!

 

[melglnh2o]

Those are very cute! Great job!!

 

[queenofthehive]

Absolutely love your shirts!!! So creative!!

 

[M_I_C_K_E_Y]

Could you provide a more detailed explanation of how you made them. I know it may be just me, but I am not following how you made them. They turned out soooo cute and I would love to try something like this!

 

[Kblue]

I'm sorry if the explanation wasn't clear. If you iron freezer paper over fabric, it sticks. So I cut out the designs that I wanted to paint onto the shirt in freezer paper. I used my handy dandy Cricut machine to do this, but you could use one of those really sharp craft knives to do it as well. When I had the stencil, I ironed it onto the t-shirts with low heat. You need to make sure that it is on there really well so that the paint won't go underneath the edges. Then I just painted over it with fabric paint. It takes a few coats. The first shirt was hard. It was my dad's Peter Pan shirt. But it got easier as I went.

We are going to try to go to Disney for our anniversary this year, and I already have designs made for then. I can't wait to make the shirts.

 

[M_I_C_K_E_Y]

I'm sorry if the explanation wasn't clear. If you iron freezer paper over fabric, it sticks. So I cut out the designs that I wanted to paint onto the shirt in freezer paper. I used my handy dandy Cricut machine to do this, but you could use one of those really sharp craft knives to do it as well. When I had the stencil, I ironed it onto the t-shirts with low heat. You need to make sure that it is on there really well so that the paint won't go underneath the edges. Then I just painted over it with fabric paint. It takes a few coats. The first shirt was hard. It was my dad's Peter Pan shirt. But it got easier as I went.

We are going to try to go to Disney for our anniversary this year, and I already have designs made for then. I can't wait to make the shirts.

So, for the freezer paper, were you using the actual design or the negative of the design. Meaning just the outline and then ironing inside the outline? Then when you are done, do you remove the freezer paper and then it only leaves the paint? Sorry to sound so dense!

So were all of the Disney images on the same Cricut cartridge?

 

[RustManFan]

I found multiple sites with instructions if you Google (or Bing) "making stencils with Cricut". Even youtube videos

 

[Kblue]

I saw some of those videos. You iron on the paper that the stencil was cut out of not the stencil itself. You aren't dense. I am probably not doing a good job of explaining it. Also, you need to flip the image. Stick the freezer paper shiny side up on the Cricut mat. The shiny side is the side that you want to iron onto the paper. When the paint is dry, just peel off the freezer paper and it will leave the paint that is on the shirt. I think that is about it. The videos will tell you what speed to use when you cut it and all of that.

The images came from multiple cartridges. There are all kinds of different ones. I bought a packet that had all of the cartridges in it. I do not know if it is still available.

 

[chaoscent]

This is very cool. I might try to learn this. Thanks Marion for suggesting youtube. I need visuals.

 

[wiigirl]

Awesome shirts!

 

[tiggergalttfn]

Very nice!!

 

[M_I_C_K_E_Y]

I saw some of those videos. You iron on the paper that the stencil was cut out of not the stencil itself. You aren't dense. I am probably not doing a good job of explaining it. Also, you need to flip the image. Stick the freezer paper shiny side up on the Cricut mat. The shiny side is the side that you want to iron onto the paper. When the paint is dry, just peel off the freezer paper and it will leave the paint that is on the shirt. I think that is about it. The videos will tell you what speed to use when you cut it and all of that.

The images came from multiple cartridges. There are all kinds of different ones. I bought a packet that had all of the cartridges in it. I do not know if it is still available.

Thank you so much for this explanation! It helped a lot!

 

[cruisinspringbreak]

awesome job

 

[noahdove]

I love them!!! I know I could never do that, but, your shirts are awesome

 

[quigs3]

Love your shirts! They are really cute!!!