I repaired the shirt

Beverly, looking at the shot you took I wouldn't add to it. It add a bit of whimsy. I love whimsy. Juno

Nice save! I like the idea of a few random seashells, too.

You might put that bleach in a safe place, too. With all the new fabrics that say "no chlorine bleach" you probably rarely use it, but the results of a splash are disastrous! I used to use it in my bathtub and kitchen sink, but then I had the tub resurfaced and replaced the kitchen sink. Hooray!

I was also thinking a tiny bucket and trail of footprints....

Beverly

Oh! I like that! Do it and post pix.

Thanks. The same set of designs that had the sandcastle (which I heavily edited), had two seashells and a crab. Maybe the crab, stalking the sandcastle... ;-)

Indeed. I don't even remember what I was using it for. I keep Clorox Clean Up in the kitchen to clean cutting boards, but it also can be nasty on fabric.

I have a new SS sink, but the cutting boards still get a good dose of bleach after cutting meat of any kind.

Beverly

I like that too. Juno

Ok, I'll see what I can work up. May be worth making an entirely new shirt. ;-)

Beverly

Little footprints wandering around to the back of the shirt, and a little bucket and shovel at the end of the trail. heehee. I'm having a lot of fun with this.

Me too, all sorts of possibilities arise. Maybe a few seagulls, a nice fire, ....

Beverly

And cockles, and mussels, alive, alive-oh......

I love the shirt! Thinking about it, the tiny bucket & footprints would make it even more perfect. Emily

Thanks! This has taken on a life of its own. I really think I'm going to have to start a new project. I really like Joanne's idea of having the footprints trail around to the back of the shirt. ;-)

Beverly

Glad you like it. So often we focus on the front, forgetting that we live in a 3-dimensional world, and that people see us coming and going. We present a neatly decorated front, and a sterile, boring back view, so I thought it would be fun to treat the shirt as a round object and to continue the theme around to the back, providing some additional interest. Dresses are sometimes designed this way, but blouses and shirts rarely are. I think it will be a fun project, and a very attractive result.

Yes, and don't forget the child holding a sand shovel. BTW, are the lighthouse designs for sale? DDIL has a birthday soon and she loves lighthouses, I think just one on a shirt for her would be enough. Emily

We have a small watercolor in our dining area of a front porch facing the beach. It has an American flag, a rocking chair and a child's pail and shovel. We bought it because the pail and shovel. There's something very appealing about a child's pail and shovel sitting someplace, like on the back of your shirt. If you go with the pail shovel and footprints, I think you should have some foot prints coming away from it as well,it would look like the child put it down to go in the water. Juno

Check your e-mail.

Beverly

That's very true, shirt back are mostly plain vanilla. I don't know why I never thought of decorating the backs before now, thanks for the idea.

Beverly

I was also thinking about having the crab somewhere in there, and suddenly having the footprints *much* farther apart.... ;-)

Beverly