It's snowing do you have a new sweatshirt to wear?

I just saw on the weather channel that it is snowing in the North east part of the country.

Do you have some new sweatshirts that you can put sparkles on it? I just love glitz and glam on those Fruit of the loom sweatshirts (they have the best Red this season and it is my favorite color) or at the very least a Hanes sweats. You can do it yourself, just buy a sweatshirt or use one of something in UR closet.

Who doesn't need a new decorator glitzy made shirt. I have given this some thought, you can use an old sweatshirt to try this art work out to see if it is what you could live with.

Ok I tried this whole idea and my shirt didn't come out as I imagined it. So I came up with a pre-design idea of doing your design on card stock (see my pic's) I cut out a Christmas tree from my minds eye, and I think it is to fat. Most trees you see in christmas cards or on gift bags are tall and thin. I hand cut a heart out so you could see it also. this is a design card so you can judge if you like it prior to putting it in stone so to speak.




gather up these items

1. Of course the shirt or sweatshirt.
2. Need some gold glitter fabric paint and some silver glitter paint, (if you have some of those fabulous 40% off
coupons from Michael's or Jo Ann's go ahead and use them. Walmart has these paints at a reduced price).

3. You should get some glitz diamonds that you can glue on to the shirt with your paint.



Now you are ready to go ........ if you are using a new sweatshirt, make sure and prewash it in your washer, but the paint folks say not to use fabric softener. Ok let go for it.

Put a paint board (this is a piece of cardboard, that has a coating of plastic on it, so don't do what I have done in the past, do NOT iron the shirt with the board still stuck inside the shirt!!!!!) Why you ask, the coating will come off on your shirt. But if you don't have a board, you can use a piece of cardboard, but to invest in a painting cardboard is cheap enough. So if you plan to do this as gifts, invest in several.

I like to center the sweatshirt by ironing a center line, prior to putting in the cardboard.

Ok ready to go, (a bit of caution here.....Don't wear good clothing when doing this project)
Paint just seems to jump on me and it doesn't wash out, so beware. Even though you can wash out your design with detergent washings, it is one of those small questions that are never answered, go figure.

Looking at the center of the shirt. Put some lines or large ziggy or scribbles lines up and then down in a artsy-fartsy way, see my pic. You can add some more glitter to the paint or some glitz diamonds.

If you don't feel like scribbles you can do an outline of say...a Christmas tree, or maybe hearts. All you would do is find a outline you like of a Christmas tree or hearts. You enlarge the picture of the design on your computer or printer, then cut it out, place it on your shirt. Move it around to see what you like. (hint make sure your are not putting anything that is going to look embarrassing as putting glitter or diamond stones right on your boobs)

Ok, now trace the hearts or whatever, can use a colored pencil or soft white pencil (if you are doing something black).
You are ready to run the glitter paint around the shape. Look!!! Now it is a new painted shirt. Add the diamonds by putting a dot of gold or silver paint and placing the stone in the center. VIOLÁ cute shirt for the price of a little paint. Make sure the paint is dry or you will have a mess.

Here is my shirt, the scribbles didn't look good to me, so I brushed the gold glitter paint.



I just went with it, and didn't like my scribbles, so I like the shirt since it doesn't say Christmas so I can wear it all through the winter season. Did you notice my white softest scarf I am wearing with my red shirt, it is for sale on my esty.com web-site. Check it out. It is so warm and soft.

this is really important.....Wash this shirt in only woolite, or similar soap type washing items, wash on gentle and tumble dry. It seems like the new modern detergent will take the paint and glitz right off. But if you get it on your cloths boy oh boy it will not wash out. One of the great questions of the century.

You still have paint left over, so make UR BFF a shirt or your sister one.