Boys DIY Knock Off Designer Chevron Shirt

If it wasnt for Pinterest, I must say,

that I wouldnt be as fashionably cultured as

I have recently become, and my house, would

be a whole heck of a lot cleaner.

With that being said, I stumbled upon this

amazing childrens clothing line.

Thumbeline.com

I was immediately, pinning everything and thinking

 like, "where have you been 

all my life with your glorious childrens clothes?"

Oh, thats right, out of my budget.

I fell in love with this shirt.

But at a price of $25, and a 

whopping 8 bucks, for shipping, 

for a grand total of $33, for a shirt hes going 

to wear to the park and ruin with in a couple months.

I thought,

Psh, I can make that.

(oh, the famous last words of a crafter...)

So I went to Target and bought me a cheap $5

gray boys shirt, with a pocket. 

The pocket sold me, really. And Im a sucker for gray.

Oh, and it was 5 bucks.

Then I quickly made a chevron pattern

on my Silhouette,

 and ran some freezer paper through it.

If you forgot how amazing freezer paper is, 

you can read about it here.

Next I went to work laying out my pattern,

and ironing it down to create a stencil 

on my shirt

And then filling it in with fabric paint.

Then I peeled away the freezer paper to reveal my work.

I made my pattern a little different, plus I really

wanted a zag across the pocket.

I absolutely love it. 

And am considering making quite

a few more. 

With bleach this would be pretty rad too.

 Dont mind if I do.

Not bad if I say so myself.

Pretty good for 5 dollars.

And start to finish, including multiple interruptions,

the whole project took like 2 hrs.

Its a size bigger than he normally wears,

because A) it will shrink, and B) I want it

to last as long as its little cheap cotton body

will let it.

Trust me, he loves it.

Hes sad here, because we were at the 

tail end of our photo shoot and he just

found out he has to take it off.

*Insert tantrum*

Hope I inspired you to do a knock off today!!

 

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