How-To

Trompe L'oeil T-Shirts

Dress up children's (or fun-loving adults'!) T-shirts with cat's-eye glasses, a charm necklace, or a Peter Pan collar and placket. If ironing onto a colored shirt, print the clip art on heat-transfer paper specifically for dark fabrics.

 

Dress up children's (or fun-loving adults'!) T-shirts with cat's-eye glasses, a charm necklace, or a Peter Pan collar and placket. If ironing onto a colored shirt, print the clip art on heat-transfer paper specifically for dark fabrics.

Fabric Transfer How-To

Tools and Materials

T-shirt transfer paper
T-shirt
Iron
Cat-Eye Glasses Clip Art
Peter-Pan Collar Clip Art
Charms Clip Art

  1. Download clip art, and print on transfer paper. (Use dark-T-shirt transfer paper if ironing onto a colored fabric.)
  2. Cut out design. If printing on colored fabric transfer, trim as close to outline as possible.
  3. Position design on fabric as desired.
  4. Following the manufacturer's instructions for the transfer paper, press design onto fabric.

Kids' baby-rib cap-sleeve T-shirts, $10.50 each,americanapparel.netT-shirt transfer for ink-jet printers, from $13.75 per pack, avery.com.Milky Way necklace, in Pink, $24,atsuyoetakiko.comLollipop skirt, in color 32, from $210; and Cayati scarf, in color 533A, $45;bonpoint.comLiberty Shaker-style wood cabinet hardware knobs, 1 1/4", $1.50 each,homedepot.comDiana mini camera and flash, in Coral Fusion, $109, lomography.com.

 

Reviews (1)

  • KathyHartig88
    5 Aug, 2012

    Some of your designs printed out fine but this one (Charms) would not print for me. Am I doing something wrong? This is my favorite!