Here are two tutorials, but I must admit are not my best. If you've followed previous tutorials I give you step-by-step pictures but I made these late at night and was so focused on getting them done that I took very few photos of the process. So for that, I apologize but I also think you can get the gist of things by what I've provided. If not, feel free to send me an e-mail :)
Supplies:
Sweatshirt
Fabric Paint
Cardboard or Something to Place in Sweatshirt
Paint Brushes
Decorating Accessories
Fabric Tacky Glue
Optional: Washi Tape
What Kim Used: I found our sweatshirts at Old Navy, where they had a sale on their crewnecks for only $10. Super comfortable and great quality? It's a win-win for everybody.
Initially I wanted a very deep green for my sweatshirt because I was going to make a tree, however, I couldn't find the right color at Michael's. I knew that I had black fabric paint at home, so I decided to make my own color at home. However, once I got home I realized a more minty green would look fabulous on the sweatshirt. So instead of mixing black, I actually added white and silver sparkles fabric paint. I created a custom sparkly mint green for my tree and it turned out really cute.
Michael's sold cardboard shirt pieces for painting shirts and making sure the paint didn't bleed through so I spent a $1.50 on that. Obviously cardboard from your garage works just as well but I honestly didn't want to cut up a box. It's the holidays and they're already stressful so no thanks!
When it came to decorating accessories, I had a ton of various sequins at home and I bought Christmas light buttons and pom pom balls of different sizes while I was at Michael's. I also had tacky glue at home so this was a fairly inexpensive project for me.
Step 1: I placed the cardboard piece in the sweatshirt and also laid out a pattern of a tree using the washi tape. Now you don't necessarily need washi tape but in using it, I had really clean lines and it also inspired me to create that custom mint color instead of a dark green.
Step 2: Paint! After I painted my first layer, I realized that there was way too much space between the branches of the tree. Therefore I whipped out the washi tape once again and added more!
Step 3: Decorate! Once your tree is significantly dry, take that tacky glue and start adding your accessories. I used sequins as ornaments, buttons as lights (because, well they actually look like Christmas lights), and pom poms as various ornaments too.
Step 4: Top her off with a star and a base. I laid out various sizes of gold sequins and put those aside to make the base and star of the tree. I then took the tacky glue and created those shapes on the sweatshirt and added the sequins.
Just wait for it to dry and there you have your own tacky Christmas sweater!!
Now this next one is trickier and of course, I only have pictures of the finished product (sorry!). You'll really only need that washi tape and white fabric paint for this. I used the pointed tip of the fabric paint as my detail tool and I also printed off various pictures of a similar design to freehand this.
Step 1: Print off your design so that you can scale it according to the sweatshirt's size and section it off in washi tape. I created a large rectangle as the outer layer and then separated it into rows so that I could add the text and content.
Step 2: Start designing! The most complex aspect of this design is how detailed it is. If you look at the screenprinted sweaters, the design is made to look like it's hand-embroidered. So I used tons of connecting X's to make this and it took awhile but I love the finished product. The washi tape helped to make sure that everything turned out symmetrical and looked great.
Kim, Ryan's sweatshirt is amazing I cant believe the detail!!! Might actually make the tree version myself next year. Love it!
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