Super Cool Heart Shirt

It's made with love

by , posted on February 1st, 2012 in Arts & Crafts



Tease me if you must, but I’m going to come right out and say it—I’m a sucker for hearts and Valentine’s Day. I’m also a sucker for making things. In an effort to combine my loves, and because I was inspired by Ali Henrie’s awesome tutorial + Liz’s freezer paper love, today I made my own V-day shirt.

It took me about 40 minutes from start to finish. Thirty of those minutes was spent watching paint dry. Ooh! Exciting!

For this project you'll need: a shirt, freezer paper, scissors, fabric paint, a small foam brush and an iron

Step 1: Cut a heart out of the freezer paper. Lay paper (waxy side down) on shirt and press with an iron. It'll stick to the shirt.

Apply textile paint using a foam brush. I found a dabbing technique worked better than a brushing one.

Step 4. Allow paint to dry for 30 minutes or according to manufacturer's instructions. Peel away paper. Turn the shirt inside out, iron it (to set the paint) and...

You got yourself a heart shirt


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6 Responses to “Super Cool Heart Shirt”

  1. katie//salt+pine Says:

    February 2nd, 2012 at 3:06 pm

    I’ve been itching for a new project to do with the girls…I think this one is perfect! Thanks!

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  2. Jillian Says:

    February 4th, 2012 at 11:15 am

    Very nice. Is freezer paper the same as parchment paper or wax paper? Living in rural Italy makes it hard to get my hands on “supplies”. Love the striped shirt you put the heart on!

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    Kirsten Reply:
    February 5th, 2012 at 1:36 pm

    Jillian I think it is the same paper a butcher would use to wrap meat in – you might want to check there to see if you can get it!

    Suuuuuuper cool craft Jen! Can’t believe I saw you wearing it & didn’t catch that it was your crafty self who made it!

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    Jennifer Cooper Reply:
    February 5th, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    Ah! You beat me to Jillian’s question. You rock!

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    Jennifer Cooper Reply:
    February 5th, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    Jillian, it’s a bit different. It has a waxy side and a plain paper side. In the UK, they call it grease proof paper.

    I’m not sure where you’d find it in Italy. Perhaps a butcher?

    Here’s a link I found that has more info: http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2011/01/what-is-freezer-paper.html

    If you can’t find any, let me know and I’ll mail you a couple pieces to try. It’ll be like a penpal thing except with freezer paper. Ha!

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    Jillian Reply:
    February 5th, 2012 at 3:48 pm

    Oh thanks you guys. I’ll go ask my butcher tomorrow to give me a sheet of his meat paper. He already thinks of me as the weird foreigner that cooks strange un-Italian things so this will just really make him scratch his head. If it doesn’t work out I’ll take you up on that penpal offer!

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