DIY TShirt – This Makers Gonna Make And Take

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

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)

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!

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!

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?!

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

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