It's a Birthday Series: Custom T-Shirt

I've been busy sanding down my dresser! The finish was so rich it's been taking quite a bit of time to sand off, especially in the tiny areas!!

In the mean time, I'll be posting about my son's birthday party...

Today, I will share with you one of the first projects I tackled after deciding my son's second birthday party theme...a no-sew custom birthday t-shirt!

 

The first thing I started with was a t-shirt and fabric in the color of my son's birthday theme: Under the Sea...blue, green and orange.

 

 

I found a whale template on google images. It was perfect and cute!

 

 

I cut out a number 2 freehand and took a few minutes to place my cut outs. It took some rearranging, but after they were set I was really happy with the design!

Once everything was set where I wanted them, I used liquid stich to glue them on. After allowing the glue to dry 24 hours, I went around all of the edges of the fabric with puff paint to seal the edges.

 

 

 The front of the completed shirt looked like this...

 

And the back like this...

For my son's name I actually used an ABC puzzle as a template for the letters. I freehanded the 2...not perfect, but it worked!

 

I never got a decent picture of Emerson wearing his shirt at his birthday party, but he sure was a handsome little guy!!