My hubby recently tore the front of a pair of his jeans, since the jeans were in otherwise good condition we decided to try to salvage them into work pants. My oldest son had ripped the rear end out of a pair of his jeans so I used them as the source of fabric for the patch to make the repair. It worked great and best of all there was no sewing involved, it was all very quick and easy. I still had loads of the denim fabric left so I decided to design some cute iron-on designs for my daughter. I scrounged around in her drawer for a plain shirt that she never wears. Here's the craft I came up for for this week along with the list of supplies.
SUPPLIES
Scrap fabric (I used denim, but you can use anything that can be ironed)
Shirt (something plain without a design)
Fusible webbing (I used Heat 'n Bond Brand Iron-On Adhesive ULTRAHOLD No-Sew)
Sharpie Marker
Fabric Marker
Iron
Start by cutting out a piece of fabric a little larger than you need. Cut out a piece of the fusible webbing to fit inside this area. Adhere the webbing to the reverse side of the fabric by ironing on the paper side of the webbing. Follow the directions that come with the webbing you purchase, but I used Wool setting on my iron for this. It only takes a few seconds for it to adhere, then let it cool.
On the paper, use the Sharpie marker to draw out whatever design you want. You can use stencils if you like. Remember that whatever design you draw it will be the reverse image you'll end up with. What this means is if you are writing letters or numbers, draw their mirror image on the paper. Once you have the designs you want, cut them out.
Peel the paper from the back and arrange onto the shirt in the order you want them to remain. Iron into place using the same setting as before.
You can leave it as is or embellish the designs with fabric markers. If you want to get real creative, you can use fabric paints, sew on ribbons, or even Bedazzle it. The options are endless and the only real expense you'll have is the cost of the fusible webbing, just recycle unworn shirts and clothes from the rag/donate box. This could even be a fun craft to use in vacation Bible school, day camp, and so on.
Although this shirt was found way at the bottom of my daughters drawer and I cannot recall ever seeing her wear it, she was quick to inform me that I "ruined" her favorite shirt and set out to design decals of her chosing for another shirt. Sigh. | 
Friday, January 30, 2009 - Funny