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April 22, 2016 by Kim

DIY TShirt – This Makers Gonna Make And Take

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DIY graphic T-shirts might just be my new favorite craft. Let’s make one!

DIY Tshirt Idea - Makers Gonna Make

Iron-on is such a fun material, comes in a ton of colors, even gold and silver glitter like this one, and any cut is possible with a Cricut Explore. I’ve been making a ton of shirts lately, but you can embellish anything fabric: bags, shoes, wall canvas… so many options. By the way, there is also red, blue, and pink glitter iron-on I know. Cricut is always coming out with new colors. If you head to JoAnn Fabric and Craft Stores there might even be more.

For this Tshirt, I took the coffee mug design I whipped up in Cricut Design Space and switched it up a bit. I’m always “making” and because of my job and all of you (YAY), I’m always “taking” too. {wink} So I added a top flourish, added a bit more text and added a camera graphic instead of the scissors. As I said, make it your own in a few clicks!

Head to JoAnn and pick up all you’ll need for this easy iron-on Cricut craft:

  • T-shirt (this is one I had, but JoAnn has a new selection!)
  • Gold Glitter Iron-On
  • Silver Glitter Iron-On
  • Cricut Explore Air
  • Cricut cutting mat, Light
  • Iron
  • Cricut Design Space (iPad app, iPhone app or Desktop)

Learn How To Make A DIY TShirt

Super simple how to steps:

  1. Measure – measure your T-shirt. Depending on the cut of your shirt you may want to lay your shirt flat, measure it across, divide it to find your center point, and determine if you’d like the image larger or smaller.
  2. Design – create your own. I uploaded these fonts because I wanted them specifically, but Cricut has some lovely ones to choose from. The flourish and the camera are part of Cricut’s library of images.
  3. Mat – apply the iron-on, liner side down, to the mat.
  4. Cut – read the directions on the package, but make sure that you absolutely “Mirror-Image” your cut or you’ll need to look in a mirror to read it. {wink}
  5. Weed – weed out all the iron-on that isn’t your image. This takes a bit of patience, but just go slow.
  6. Iron – iron your shirt to heat up the fabric, place the image with liner on top, iron in 15 second intervals. Glitter takes a bit more heat to apply than regular iron-on so test. Also it’s a good idea to flip the shirt (once you think design is set) and iron the back too just to make sure. Take your time!

Makers Gonna Make DIY Tshirt | Kim Byers

This same iron-on process works beautifully for canvas too! Make sure you hop over to my Office Refresh post where I created a DIY Disney Quote in gold and black for my wall. I’ll show you how to create professional looking wall art for your home with your Cricut Explore Air!

DIY Disney Quotes Canvas Art | @kimbyers TheCelebrationShoppe.com

Interested in other DIY Tshirt tutorials and designs?

Make sure you check out my Best Year Ever, Egg Hunt and Feed Me And Tell Me I’m Pretty tees! Maybe you’d like to try my Makers Gonna Make coffee mug too?!

DIY Project - Makers Gonna Make Coffee Mug | Kim Byers

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

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These DIY projects are sponsored by JoAnn Fabric and Craft Stores. All content and opinions are that of my own! Thank you for supporting the sponsors that keep The Celebration Shoppe party going!

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Category: Cricut Crafts, DIY crafts, DIY Tshirt, Kim's crafts, sponsoredTag: black, Cricut craft, diy tee, DIY Tshirt, gold

About Kim

Kim Byers, creative director & owner of The Celebration Shoppe. Party supplies designer. Food and craft stylist. Her work has been featured in Parents, Better Homes and Gardens, All You, Pregnancy, iVillage, Huffington Post and many others. Kim is also a contributing writer for JoAnn Fabric and Craft Stores, and designer for Cricut and Darice Crafts.

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