Looking for a fun Christmas break project? Try this quick technique to customize a basic tee shirt!
**GIVEAWAY UPDATE: We have a winner! It's Patricia, who said, "My favorite Christmas decoration is the very first one we got 43 years ago this Christmas. It was an Angel dressed in red with yellow hair. It was given to my first born son Robert who was 2 weeks old that Christmas." What a great memory, Patricia! We'll be in touch via email soon :)
To make this project, all you need is some fabric paint, cardboard, a paintbrush...and of course, a tee!
Draw a holly leaf shape onto a piece of cardboard. For reference, mine is about an inch long from top to bottom.
Cut out the holly leaf, and also cut a strip of cardboard. Bend one end of the strip, and glue it to the back of your leaf to make a handle.
Use the paintbrush to 'ink' your stamp. Do a couple practice stamps on some scrap fabric -- it took me a little while to figure out how to transfer the holly leaf shape most clearly.
When you feel confident, slip another piece of cardboard in the middle of your tee (to protect the back from any possible bleed-through), and go for it!
I decided to do an all-over pattern, but you could do leaves in clumps or pairs, or make several different sizes of holly leaves, or....!
Then, use the back of the paintbrush to make the holly berries. Let the tee dry thoroughly, and heat-set the paint following the directions on the package.
And ta-da! You've got a finished shirt!
Giveaway closed! Thanks to everybody who entered!
And, as always, thanks for following along today. Have fun with this!
For Pixie Faire,
Melinda
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My favorite Christmas decorations was the year my Mom had her first stroke and could not go out to shop so I went to the ceramic shop and bought all the tiny Tim dolls the lady had and took them home for Mom and me to paint and crochet them clothes. We had no patterns for the clothes, so we used our brains and made up each outfit including shoes and boots. After we had them all dressed we hung them on the tree. We had a bunch of little girls in our family and on Christmas day each girl got to pick out a doll until all the dolls were gone. My youngest niece still has all of her dolls and now she has three girls of her own. Now my Mom is gone and I am her age when we did that. That is the most wonderful Christmas I have ever had.
Poinsettia is my favorite Christmas decoration.
My favorite Christmas ornament(s) are a set of handmade, beaded lights that my mother made for me. I usually put them around the mirror over the fireplace so everyone can ooh and ahh over them. :)
My most favorite Christmas decoration is actually an ornament I received while I was pregnant with my first born. It is a Santa kneeling with his hat off in front a manger with baby Jesus in it and a stained glass background. It is beautiful and I look forward to seeing it every year!
My most favorite is the santa in his sleigh , that we bought our first Christmas togethr 36 years ago,,,,,,, I dont know how it survied.