When I saw this tutorial from lil blue boo I knew it would kick off my summer-craft bucket list. Here are some of my transfers and some tips I hope will help if you decide to try it too. I ordered the same paper used in the lil blue boo tutorial. Dharma Trading Co. was quick to ship my order which is always a plus.
Pirate Matryoshka ~ free download from lil blue boo / Vintage girl & boy - free download from Free Pretty Things for You / Rainbow - a free scrapbooking download lost source / Surfs Up - another free scrapbooking download.
The great thing about this project is that you can use any high resolution image. It can be a photo, clip-art, scrapbooking images, etc. Really, the sky's the limit.
Things I learned:
1. White shirts are best but light colors will work too. The colors are not as bright but sometimes those turn out better anyway.
I did decided to use some paint to brighten the clouds and I think it turned out really cute.
2. Practice on an old shirt or something you don't mind ruining. You will need to find the right setting for your iron or you will burn the shirt. :) I followed the instructions which say to set your iron on the highest setting.
For the next shirt, I turned the heat down a notch and that worked much better. Also, the instructions say to press down on the surface with your body weight and then lift the iron before moving to the next section of the transfer. I found it was better to glide the iron across the transfer. This eliminated the iron marks seen above.
3. If you do burn your shirt or image, there are several methods of removal. I tried hydrogen peroxide and that helped. After laundering, you can barely see the brown.
4. Don't forget to flip or mirror your image ~ especially if it has writing on it!
4. It is not necessary to cut perfectly around the image. For a white or light-colored t-shirt you can leave a border around your image. The Surf's Up shirt had some details on the flowers and I painstakingly cut around them and the rest of the image. It's hard to tell but the words and the stripe on the surf board were white but became transparent when ironed on.
Pirate Matryoshka ~ free download from lil blue boo / Vintage girl & boy - free download from Free Pretty Things for You / Rainbow - a free scrapbooking download lost source / Surfs Up - another free scrapbooking download.
The great thing about this project is that you can use any high resolution image. It can be a photo, clip-art, scrapbooking images, etc. Really, the sky's the limit.
Things I learned:
1. White shirts are best but light colors will work too. The colors are not as bright but sometimes those turn out better anyway.
I did decided to use some paint to brighten the clouds and I think it turned out really cute.2. Practice on an old shirt or something you don't mind ruining. You will need to find the right setting for your iron or you will burn the shirt. :) I followed the instructions which say to set your iron on the highest setting.
For the next shirt, I turned the heat down a notch and that worked much better. Also, the instructions say to press down on the surface with your body weight and then lift the iron before moving to the next section of the transfer. I found it was better to glide the iron across the transfer. This eliminated the iron marks seen above.
3. If you do burn your shirt or image, there are several methods of removal. I tried hydrogen peroxide and that helped. After laundering, you can barely see the brown.
4. Don't forget to flip or mirror your image ~ especially if it has writing on it!
4. It is not necessary to cut perfectly around the image. For a white or light-colored t-shirt you can leave a border around your image. The Surf's Up shirt had some details on the flowers and I painstakingly cut around them and the rest of the image. It's hard to tell but the words and the stripe on the surf board were white but became transparent when ironed on.
