Trompe L'oeil T-Shirts

Crafts editor Blake Ramsey uses iron-on clip art to embellish t-shirts.

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.

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

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

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

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