Painting T-shirts

I saw these fun shirts and thought it would be fun and cheaper to make them.  Here's my finished product:

For "initial" shirts for my boys I found plain t's (gray and kahki) on sale at Target.  I think I spent $6 for both.  I made super size initial stencils out of plain old poster board and purchased white fabric paint at Michael's.

To make the t's, you can use a stencil brush, a paint brush, a piece of sponge, etc.  Just make sure that it's large so you're not painting all day.  Slide a piece of cardboard in the shirt, so you don't paint through to the back of the shirt.  Don't put too much paint on your brush...you don't want to soak your shirt.  I pressed down on the stencil while painting the edge of the letters to make a clean line, although I wasn't going for a perfect letter.  I like the well worn look.

After you've got the letter painted, air dry.  I put a dish towel over the painted letter and using a hot iron, heat set the paint....and That's It!

Martha has a couple of great tutorials as well....

Martha's Potato-stamp Shirt

Martha's Potato-Print Baby Clothes

This is such a fun project. We did this for Christina's birthday party.  The girls did a great job.  Potato stamping would have been less time consuming and probably uses less paint.

Happy Painting!