St. Patrick's Day Shirts

It is almost March, which I can't believe. March is one of my favorite months, for several reasons. First, I married my high school sweetheart on the 16th. Second, my fourth and LAST child was born on the 5th. Also, I really enjoy St. Patrick's Day. I don't know why, other than I do like green a lot. And maybe because I have a little bit of Irish in me.

I thought I would make my kids some St. Patrick's Day shirts instead of buying them. I used the same technique as the birthday shirt for my daughter's shirt.



My son's shirt I used the same wax paper stencil, but I spray painted his shirt. It gave it more of a vintage look. I also added the number, to make it more boyish. It held up in the wash really well.



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T-shirt Redo

One of my daughters, L, had a plain, purple shirt she wanted jazzed up a bit. I went rummaging through her closet and found a pink, flowery t-shirt she didn't wear much (it was really too small, L thought she could still wear it).



First, I cut several circles, different sizes out of the shirt.



Then, I sewed the larger circles with a big X onto shirt. Do the same with smaller circles on top of larger circles with a big X. You want them to kind of fall over like real flowers, not lay flat. Sorry no picture.

Then I cut the ruffle-edged neck off to make a headband. I measured her head. And put a few stitches to hold.



And here is the final product. It looks a lot cuter in person.
This probably took 30 minutes. It took longer for L to decide which shirt to use.



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