I’ve been seeing far too many adorable sweatshirts on pinterest lately. Unfortunately my bank account won’t allow me to purchase every one of them, so while we were in St. George this weekend my sister Erin taught us how to make our own graphic print sweatshirts. They’re super easy (and oh so cheap!)
Supplies needed:
-Sweatshirt or tee (we got ours for $2 each from a thrift store)
-Fabric Paint (I don’t remember the brand but it’s from Michaels)
-Foam Brush
-Freezer Paper
-Exacto Knife
-Iron
First, draw out your design on freezer paper. You can use a stencil, print out, or you can just free hand it like we did.
Two, cut out your design with an exacto knife. This will be your stencil. Remember to keep the little pieces for inside your letters, you’ll need those!
Three, iron the freezer paper to your sweatshirt. (It will come right off after you’re done, no worries!) Don’t forget to iron on the little inside pieces of your letters.
Four, DAB paint onto your stencil. You may need a few coats.
*After the paint is dry, you can peel off your stencil. To keep the paint from getting crunchy, iron over the dry paint before you’re done.
Voila!
Erin made a cute “hello” sweatshirt.
Paris and Zac both made cute t-shirts.
and Scarlett made a “I’m happy” sweatshirt.
See, easy peasy! Be sure to check out my sista’s blog, she’s full of fun craft ideas!
*If you peel off your stencil carefully, you can use it again. Just wipe off the paint from the first one and iron on again.
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33 COMMENTS
Meg
8 years agolove, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
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8 years agoOoh I love this! especially the baby onesie! I see a craft in my future 🙂
Brianna Tucker
8 years agoThat is so cute!
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8 years agoThese turned out so well! 'm so impressed with your ability to make all of those curves! Mostly all that I can do it straight lines. 🙂
Sharlee
8 years agoYes, this is awesome! I will maybe take a stab at this at some point. And I'm NOT a DIY-er! 🙂
Amy Harris
8 years agoso cute!! thanks for sharing.. i'm definitely going to have to attempt this!
Jana
8 years agoI'm so glad you shared this! This is way cute. I wish I could free hand those sweet letters like you did! Alas, I will have to use my computer. 🙂
Chelsea
8 years agoYour family is always so cute and creative!
xoxo
Chels
Ashley
8 years agolooks great. i love to freezer paper craft, but am terrible at free hand. . yours turned out great!
xoxo
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Anonymous
8 years agoIf you were to throw them into the washer/dryer, would they survive? LOL
Anonymous
8 years agoi LOVE LOVE every single one of the sweatshirts, by the way! I'm jealous at how creative your whole family is! 🙂
Laurie
8 years agoSuch a neat DIY project! The sweatshirts turned out so great, they look professional.
I just found your blog through Kaycie from "Redhead Memories" and I'm glad I did. You have a new follower for sure!
Laurie
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8 years agoSo cute! totally doing this!!
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Cindy Sharkey
8 years agoGreat! I remember your Mom & Lara stenciling tee shirts in high school.
Hannah Joy
8 years agoI have always loved your cute handwriting! You should write out an alphabet so I can try to copy it and learn how to do that myself!
kylee
8 years agothe fact that you guys made the stencils free hand is amazing. so wish i had that talent.
tifsong
8 years agoi love this so much.
Jenna
8 years agoomgosh i need to do this!! how cool! i live in sweatshirts so this would be awesome haha
new follower 🙂
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Eryka
8 years agoTotally doing this, this weekend!!
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E
Anonymous
8 years agoI'M IN LOVE! Totally thinking of doing this soon 🙂
Kaytlin Thomas
8 years agoI totally put this on my Pinterest! I love the vintage feel of it!
H-Nelly
8 years agoHow are they holding up after a couple months??
linda sinko
8 years agoI made my son's quartet shorts using this method in 1997…he STILL wears it. If you iron in the paint, laundering doesn't fade it too much. Fabric Medium (you get it where the paint is available) helps it not be so stiff.
Wonderful Tutorial!
Katie Lewis
8 years agoHi! Without even thinking, I used your photo in a post about how to embellish a plain sweatshirt. I think it's a great idea and I wanted everyone to head over here and see your tutorial, but if you'd like me to remove it then I will, of course, do so! You can see the post here: dearmushka.com/2013/10/31-days-three-cold-weather-refashions-10.html
Thanks,
Katie
Alexa Zurcher
8 years agoAww, thank you Katie! I love love love it! 🙂 Thanks for linking back to my blog! 🙂 Have a happy day!!
Hearts & Sharts
7 years agoLove this. I have a Silhouette, but would love to link to this tutorial in the future. I had no idea freezer paper could do that… Awesome! Thank you for sharing!
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7 years agoI LOVE this! I just bought a shirt like this for a LOT of money and really like it but I want this one too 🙂
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6 years agoWondering – for the ironing at the end over the paint do you stick another sheet of freezer paper on top? Thank you! I'm looking to make these next week via your blog post! 🙂
Alexa Zurcher
6 years agoYay! I just ran the iron right over the paint, nothing in between. Just make sure the paint is fully dry before doing so, otherwise it will stick onto the iron! 🙂