Friday, April 1, 2011

Fashionable teen T-shirt tutorial with Cuttlebug!

Hi Everyone,

 

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me2I’m excited to share this fun tutorial with you, if you have a teenage girl like mine, you will sympathize with what I’m about to share with you.
It seems to me graphic tees and skinny jeans  are the uniforms for teens today, as a mother I want to see her sometimes wear something a bit more fun. If you feel this way don’t despair with this fun tutorial you and your teen will create tons of different t-shirt they would want to wear, that is fun  but not too far from the uniforms.

 

Here is what we are going to be creating, isn’t this fun?

 

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Supplies list:
Cuttlebug  Machine, your favorite flower dies, old graphic t-shirt, new t-shirt, Aileen’s fabric glue, pearls.

Instructions:
Cut the fabric using the Cuttlebug machine for as many flowers as you will need, I cut 43 flowers.
Arrange the flowers from large to small, adhere using Fabric glue.

 

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Make sure you glue the edges otherwise when wash they will all curl and require ironing to flatten.

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3. Add pearls to the center of the flowers,add leaves to the bottom of the flower.

 

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Let dry overnight, wash 7 days after drying inside out on gentle cycle, no bleach.

 

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Please note the said teenager didn’t want to take any pics to model this shirt, so therefor I had to snap this one while she was talking to her friends…lol

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Start the flowers at the shoulder for a draping look, my teen didn’t like that idea , she wanted it lower.

Voila a fun T-shirt your teen will luv to wear!
Have a fabulous weekend,
Maggie




14 COMMENTS:

jordanbev5 said...

I just love this idea!!! Yours came out gorgeous, Maggie!!! Love it!

Sharon said...

That is absolutely awesome! Sooooo much prettier than the old printed fabric cutouts we used to do when we'd iron them on and put that puffy fabric paint around the edges (common, SOME of you remember that, right?) Thanks for sharing your talent. Oh, did you get orders from her friends for more shirts? :-)

ILONA said...

....thank you for the great idea...;)

ILONA aka schnuti

http://schnutiskreativeseite.blogspot.com/

Country Mouse said...

What a cute idea!!! This is something I will do with my teen daughter this weekend! Thanks for sharing!!!!

Erin said...

This would be great for reusing a stained shirt.

Avenueswithoutlimit said...

oh my word Sharon, don't remind me, do you know I still have those paints in the garage somewhere, I use to decorate my book bags, sneakers, hats, I even made as bracelet out of those paints, sheesh this bring back memories.
Well, some of friends wanted me to make those shirts, i said oh no you're going to come over and we will have a tshirt party while you learn how to make them yourself.
Have a fabulous weekend,
Maggie

amber marchant said...

This looks beautiful! I so want to do this!!

Great Job!
Amber @ barbwired

Dakota Bear said...

A great idea that turned out beautifully.

**Treefrog** said...

Like I said on the mixology blog, I Love It! And heck with the teen, I would love to wear it, lol! TFS
((Hugs)) Theresa

Natalie said...

I wanna make one for myself!! love it!

Chris Wooten said...

You are amazing Maggie...and she looks so pretty in her new digs...

great job girl, both of you


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Anita said...

Maggie, that is the cutest thing!! What a great idea! I'm sure my 9 and 11 year olds will love it!! Too cute!

gail@myrepurposedlife.net said...

very pretty!
I noticed you joined our circle of bliss. I'm not sure that you know the particulars of our blog hop. You can read about it here:
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If you'd like to become part of our "circle", we'd love to have you! If you mistakenly linked up, just let me know.
thanks!
Hope you're having a great weekend!
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cmsmiley said...

cute shirt. My teen sounds just like yours!!!