T shirt design

Are you wanting to put this design on one of your own shirts? If so, there's some sort of paper/material that can be run your printer and then ironed on the shirt of your choice.

He gave me a t-shirt in a size to small. I'm not loosing any weight so it could be laying in my drawer til I die unless I come up with something. It's not on my computer, it's professionally screenprinted on a tee.

If you have, or can match the color of the T-shirt, get it in your comfortable size. Then sew around the screenprint in a circle or oval (avoid sharp corners of any kind) with a short straight stitch. No pulling or pushing.......Cut it out of the original shirt just outside your stitched line.

Iron the design on to the shirt that fits using an iron on adhesive you can stitch over (the fabric store will know what you need). Then stitch a very short, rather wide zigzag all around the edge ........it will look like everyone else's, and it will fit!

This will work.......you may get an even better suggestion from another poster.

Oooh good idea, that just might work!!! thanks Kitty

G'day Kitty

Another suggestion and one I've used a few times is to insert a strip of fabric (can be the same if available, or coordinating to add interest) that runs up the side and down the sleeve. I had a few Tshirts that were too small this worked out OK as you can taper the strip at the sleeve ends or leave them wide, depending where you need extra fullness. I've even used ribbing in the same colour and that looks OK too.

Hope this helps? Bronwyn ;-)

Kitty > Oooh good idea, that just might work!!! thanks Kitty

"Wonder Under"

Beverly

thanks, I'll take the shirt to the store and look at the options. I have a couple months before I need to have it done. thanks again all. Kitty

Pat suggested putting the design onto a larger T-shirt, but you mentioned you aren't crazy about those. So how about using her technique to put it onto a shirt you do like that's the same color? Either a pullover or a "camp shirt" style.

I've seen RTW camp shirts with design blocks stitched all over them (one on each sleeve, front torso, collar, big, little, straight on and skewed).

Depends on the size of uncle's design, of course. If it's huge, you could put it on the back like a bowling team, and add interesting motifs on the rest of the shirt.

HTH

--Karen D. someday I will do this with my bicycle stash, my Xmas stash, my Cajun/Mardi Gras stash...

I dunno -- I think that any "cut it out and sew it on another shirt of the same color" will look like ... well, like it's been cut out and resewn on another shirt!

How about if you did that, but put a fabric or bias "frame" around the cutout in a contrasting color -- would then look like you meant to do it that way.

A gal on my flyball team was given a "World's Best Grandma" t-shirt by her son to announce that he and his wife were going to FINALLY be parents. He was so thrilled and so excited and kept reminding her to wear her Grandma shirt when he came in town for a vacation. She didn't have the heart to tell him that the very nicely embroidered shirt was far too small.

I took the shirt and split it up the sides, opening the body and sleeves, and spliced in a three inch wide "racing stripe" of contrast rib knit on each side to give her the extra width she needed. I re-hemmed the sleeves to a shorter, more angled (and more flattering) length, and raised the hem of the body as well - she's not only round, but short as well.

She and I were both pleased with the effect, and her son simply beams every time she wears it.

Kathleen

Now I've got so many good ideas that I almost wish I had two t-shirts to work with. LOL

I thanks you all sincerely!!! Kitty