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Camping T-shirt Tutorial

May 14, 2012 | Heather Painchaud | 12 Comments

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I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial Stop by our house and this is what you might overhear:
 
Kids “is it time to go camping?”
Us “no.”
Kids “how many more sleeps until camping?”
Us “lots.”
Kids “like one more sleep?”
Us “no, like fourteen more sleeps.”
Kids “so, in one more sleep?”
Us “no!”
 
Seriously, we love camping!
I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial So I decided to create these fun t-shirts for the boys. 
To highlight their love for camping {obviously}.
Did you see our fun Smore’s T-shirts from last week too?
 
***Update – I have created more of these shirts and added them to my shop. ***
I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a 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 {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial 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.I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial 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.I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial 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}.I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial 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.I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial
Then I tore off the paper design.I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial And, being careful not to cut through the coordinating fabric, I cut out the image of the camper.
I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial Finally, using my Cricut and some freezer paper, I cut out and ironed on the wording.
”I” and “heart” are 2 1/2 inches high and “camping” is 1 inch.
I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorialI 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 {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorialI used a crumpled up piece of plastic warp to give the images a worn look.I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial Here’s the finished blue version.I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial Details on the red version.I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial 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!?!I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial Here’s the finished red version. 
And plenty more photos of my cute guys loving their new shirts….
I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorialHere are a few more Freezer Paper Stencilled projects:
Smore Smores t-shirt, Rocker t-shirts and Canada Day T’s.
 
Linking to these fab parties!
 
Thanks for reading my blog.
I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial

I {Heart} Camping T-shirt ~ a tutorial
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  1. kendascrafts

    May 14, 2012 at 7:54 pm

    cute, cute, cute! I love that you left the pockets on!

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  2. Just Jaime

    May 17, 2012 at 6:36 pm

    So cute! I love the little camper!

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  3. Ridgeway Cottage

    May 23, 2012 at 1:49 pm

    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?

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  4. Ashley

    July 31, 2012 at 7:41 pm

    ok these are AWESOME!!!
    please link them up to tell me tuesday if you have time!!

    I LOVE IT!!:)

    xo
    ash

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  5. Ashley

    August 2, 2012 at 1:50 am

    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!

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  6. Melinda Collazo

    January 18, 2013 at 1:05 am

    These are really adorable!! 🙂

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  7. Amber Heidi

    May 14, 2013 at 11:18 am

    Really cute!!

    Heidi

    handmadefrenzy.blogspot.com

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  8. Sam Dull

    May 30, 2013 at 11:17 pm

    Love this!

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  9. Shantel Jones

    June 24, 2013 at 3:11 pm

    Great tutorial I shared it on my blog today!
    https://seemesew.blogspot.com/

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  10. Diandra Meyers

    February 21, 2014 at 9:29 pm

    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!

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  11. camping ladies tee

    November 15, 2015 at 9:42 am

    This post was an entry in our Camping Writing Contest.

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