Project #2 - T-Shirt

Over the past couple weeks, I've been buying tons of supplies. TONS. Everywhere I go I see something I could use for my new hobby. And internet shopping makes it (too) easy to buy whatever I want. 

Anyway. 

I wanted to try embroidery on a t-shirt. There is a discount store in my neighborhood and I picked up three shirts for $5. I didn't want to invest too much money in this until I'm more comfortable with the thread and needle. That price was right. The shirt was perfectly plain. All in needed was a bit of colorful thread.

From my research I knew that stitching on t-shirt material was going to require a little something more. I bought a small amount of iron-on/tear-off stabilizer. This stuff made it real easy to work on the shirt. Though next time I know I need more than one layer of stabilizer. I'm learning!

I liked a embroidery pattern I saw on LollyChops, and decided to use it for my shirt. After carefully transferring the pattern from paper to my shirt using a iron-on transfer pen, I was ready to go. 

I don't have any in-progress shots, but I'm pretty happy with the final outcome. I even used a bit of fabric for the bird wing. I'm getting advanced with my "mixed-medium" techniques.

Yes, I do need to add a wing to the little bird, and I will. I ended-up also using a transfer pen to make some of my lines a little darker, and I need to "erase" those lines with a bit of water before I iron on the wing, otherwise it will be permanent.