This “I Love Camping” T-shirt tutorial is absolutely adorable and so easy to make with the step-by-step tutorial!
Stop by our house and this is what you might overhear:
So I decided to create these fun t-shirts for the boys. Camping T-shirt Tutorial:
I used red and blue t-shirts from the Children’s Place {with pockets attached}, coordinating red and blue polka dot fabric from Fabricland and Tulip fabric paint. Here’s what the process looked like…
I began by cutting a design out of paper and placing it on the shirt to get a feel for the positioning of the camper etc.
Then I cut out a rectangular piece of fabric to create a reverse appliqued camper. This is a really cool technique that I have used before in these Soccer T-shirts, these Rocker T-shirts, this T-shirt Refashion and this Flower Pillow {to name a few}. It’s important to make sure that the piece of fabric is larger than the image that you want to applique.
Next I pinned everything together. I had three layers; the paper camper, the front of the t-shirt and the piece of coordinating fabric {which was right side facing the wrong side of the front of the shirt}.
Using a straight stitch, from the right side of the front of the shirt, I sewed the camper onto the shirt. I had to check every once in a while to make sure that I wasn’t catching the back of the shirt.
And, being careful not to cut through the coordinating fabric, I cut out the image of the camper.
Finally, using my Cricut and some freezer paper, I cut out and ironed on the wording.
I used Tulip white fabric paint as a base coat on all of the images and then sponged on Tulip glow-in-the-dark puffy paint afterwards.
I used a crumpled up piece of plastic warp to give the images a worn look.
Here’s the finished blue version.
Details on the red version.
I also used the Tulip glow-in-the-dark puffy paint to highlight a bunch of the polka dots on the camper. Big time Mommy bonus points for glow-in-the-dark t-shirts huh!?!
Here’s the finished red version. 
Here are a few more Freezer Paper Stencilled projects:
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Crafting essentials for sewing projects:
- We love using this flat bottom dry iron for perfect seams.
- This sewing kit has everything we could possibly need!
- These scraps of cotton fabric are ideal for most sewing crafts.
- This rolling storage cart helps to keep our sewing supplies organized.
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cute, cute, cute! I love that you left the pockets on!
So cute! I love the little camper!
Really lovely, we might be going camping at the weekend. Please can I share your idea on my blog if I get around to making one of my own in time?
ok these are AWESOME!!!
please link them up to tell me tuesday if you have time!!
I LOVE IT!!:)
xo
ash
I love these shirts! I had never thought of using freezer paper to help with reverse applique :) You opened up a whole new world of crafting for me!
These are really adorable!! :)
Really cute!!
Heidi
handmadefrenzy.blogspot.com
Love this!
Great tutorial I shared it on my blog today!
https://seemesew.blogspot.com/
Do you offer to make these for purchase? Having a camping theme this May for my 3 year-old and would love to have these but I’m not crafty!
This post was an entry in our Camping Writing Contest.