Watch the video here.
Sorry
for no posts for a few weeks, I just got really busy on a project and
didn't have enough time or energy to get this finished up. The sad
part is that I had filmed the first shirt the same day I filmed the
end of the last video it put up. Then it just sat on my computer
until I had time to work on the second shirt. That is also why there
are only 2 shirts this week, I had another planned but I was having
trouble getting it the way I wanted it and made the decision that
the video would be better without it. I am hoping to get the other
idea up to you in the future.
So
the first shirt is simply painted with some of the 3-D or puffy
paints that you can get anywhere they sell stuff to decorate fabric.
I love these and use them not only for fabric decoration but I also
use them a lot with my polymer clay projects. They are very versatile
to have on hand.
I
got some of the paints I used in the video at Dollar Tree so be sure
to check there first. The rest were from Walmart.
I
decided to go with a very simple all over heart design. Use your
imagination and do whatever you want. Just keep the design in scale
for the doll.
For
our second shirt I am once again doing an applique and a Heat 'n Bond
product. This time I used a simple flower shape that I found online
and two colors of fabric. I went with Heat 'n Bond Lite this time
around so I could show you that you can use your sewing machine to
add a bit more decoration to the shirt. You could also do hand
stitching around the pieces that would be very pretty.
The
fabric I used for the main part of the flower is one that on it's own
would be way out of scale for a doll garment. I picked it to show
that there are exceptions to that rule and one way to use that
oversized design to our advantage in the finished piece.
To
sew the fabric down with the machine I used a narrow slightly packed
zig-zag stitch. Here are the settings for my machine, I am not sure
if they would be the same on whatever machine you are using but
wanted to include them so you had a place to start.
I
hope you are enjoying this little mini series of videos on decorating
your doll t-shirts. Next time I think I will show you a couple of
ways to decorate them with some specialized equipment. I know not
everyone will have the needed tools but I hope you will still enjoy
the ideas and they may give you ideas for other ways to decorate the
shirts.
