Friday, April 2, 2010

there's a bird on my shirt! tshirt redo

Front of shirt

I cut the sleeves off of two Hanes t-shirts (men's large), one light green and one dark green, then I cut off the hems around the necks and bottoms. The dark green trim on this shirt is the bottom hem of the dark green shirt. I sewed it around the neck and across the front, then sewed a small hem around the arms. The stencil is one I picked up at JoAnn's.

The back of the shirt

The small green patch on the back is one of the sleeves from the dark green shirt.
All of the stitching is by hand. I have had this shirt for almost a year and it has worn beautifully. I was afraid the hand stitching and the paint wouldn't hold up to machine washing and regular wear and tear but no problems so far.

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