I have 4 kiddos (2 of which are BOYS) and love to craft and blog (obviously!) – - I feel like if I can do something, then you can too!!
Today I want to show a quick and easy way to craft clothing for boys inspired by song lyrics….
My little boys is obsessed with the song Pumped Up Kicks – so when quizzing my husband for ideas on what to sew for the Sew in Tune series, he suggested just making a song lyric tshirt – great idea!! Obviously this will work for any song!
I used iron-on vinyl for the words “Pumped Up” and the outline of “KICKS” but you could use fabric paint or draw with bleach or freezer stencil or anything like that.
The real focus of the shirt is the appliqued letters. First I ironed on “wonder under” to my fabric – it’s iron-on that’s for both sides, so it allows you to iron fabric onto things. Anyways, iron it to the fabric, then cut out your letter shape. Then peel off the backing. Then iron it to the shirt where you’d like it to go. You could try omitting this step, but I thought it was a perfect way to hold the applique (fabric letter) while sewing and not have it slide around.
So you guessed it – the next step is to sew around each letter – I love the look of this!
He is so excited about his new song-inspired shirt!
And I love how it turned out – a simple summer project – if you want to make it a little more involved, you could always make the tshirt – but I found this one on clearance for $2, so that was perfect for me.
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What a cute idea!
such a cute shirt – the silver outline really makes the appliqued letters POP! suzannewinterphotography@gmail.com
Great idea! I love this – totally going to try it!!
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Cute shirt! The outline idea is great!
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Cute shirt! The outline idea is great!
alyssabpittman at gmail dot com
Cute shirt! The outline idea is great!
alyssabpittman at gmail dot com
Cute shirt! The outline idea is great!
alyssabpittman at gmail dot com
Cute shirt! The outline idea is great!
alyssabpittman at gmail dot com
Cute shirt! The outline idea is great!
alyssabpittman at gmail dot com
Cute shirt! The outline idea is great!
alyssabpittman at gmail dot com
Cute shirt! The outline idea is great!
alyssabpittman at gmail dot com
What a great idea!!! Thanks for some more inspiration!
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yay for easy t-shirt embellishments!
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My kids love this song
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I have 3 grandsons under 4, they would love it.
Love the idea of using favorite song lyrics on a shirt! Turned out great!
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Sew Cute!!
I’ve never come across iron on vinyl before, I’l have to investigate, my children would love something like this…thanks for sharing
I have never thought to use iron on vinyl and appliquing! I cant wait to try this!!!
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I know what i can do with tot’s h&m t shirts
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