Freezer Paper T-Shirt

Today, I told myself I would do all of my homework. I didn't.

Instead, I made awesome t-shirt art!

So, we all know that I'm obsessed with Sherlock, right? Good. I've been wanting to get a t-shirt to further express my love for the show (don't judge me), but I couldn't find any that were to my liking, so I made my own!

(At this point I would like to give all credit for the idea to the illustrious Fiona, who can be found on her blog here: http://thebluejumper.blogspot.com/)

You will need: Fabric paint, an iron, freezer paper, printout or drawing of your image, X-acto knife, and a piece of fabric you want to use.

Want to try? Here's how:

1. Tape your printout over a piece of freezer paper and put on a cutting board or work surface. Slice along the outlines and remove the parts that you want to show in paint.
2. Iron the freezer paper (shiny side down) in your article of clothing or fabric (I'll call it a shirt from here on in because that's what I used). It should stick to your shirt.
3. Put some newspaper between the layers of your shirt and paint the fabric paint in the negative spaces and allow to dry for the time specified on the bottle of paint. Mine took 4 hours.
4. Carefully peel up the freezer paper and admire your handiwork. 
5. Now, you have to wait at least overnight before you can wash it, and then you can wear it! I can't wait for Monday so I can wear it to school! YAY!

This is my version with pictures (because I finally found my camera, can you tell?)!

So, I looked online for a good  (translation: easy) picture of Sherlock that I liked and I found the one that is most commonly used in the I Believe in Sherlock movement. Here's the printout I used:

Then I sliced it up and ironed it on.

Then I painted it...

(Sherlock, you've got something on your face...)

...and we wait for several hours...

Ta-Da!

(I know, it's me! I really do exist!)

You have no idea how proud I'm feeling right now :D. Well, not because I exist, though that is a feat in and of itself, but because of the shirt, obviously.


So I hope you like it and have a great weekend!

~Sara


P.S. I'm making a rabbit one right now, so I'll post that at some point, probably later tonight.