How to Make a Holiday T-Shirt
Colorful decorations help get you in the holiday spirit. There is nothing more special than knowing that you participated in making these decorations and created something for your loved ones. In these next few steps you will learn how to take an ordinary t-shirt and turn it into a holiday decoration.
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Things You'll Need
- T-shirt (green, red, blue, black or white)
- fabric glue
- thread
- needle
- Christmas holiday appliques
- iron
- Christmas holiday ornaments
- snaps
- fabric fastener
Instructions
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How to Make a Holiday T-Shirt
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Lay your t-shirt on a flat surface. Take your appliques and ornaments and arrange them on the top of the t-shirt in a decorative fashion. Step back and see how it looks. Repeat the arrangement as many times as necessary until you get your desired design.
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Use the fabric glue to secure the holiday appliques to your t-shirt, once you have the design in place.
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Secure the holiday ornaments to your t-shirt by sewing fabric fasteners in the area where you want the holiday ornaments to hang. Once the fasteners are in place, hang the ornaments with a hook. Secure ornaments by twisting the hook to the fastener, so it won't come off easily.
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Place t-shirt on hanger and step back to see if you are satisfied with the look of the design.
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Use the needle and thread to sew around the holiday appliques to make them more secure. You want to avoid having them come off in the wash.
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Put it on and wear it.
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Tips & Warnings
Before washing. Make sure you remove the holiday ornaments. The items could become detached from the garment and get stuck in the wash agitator, causing potential damage to your washing machine.
