A Girly Present

Recently, we went to a 1st birthday party for a little girl named Madison.  For her gift I embellished two shirts & gave her a Fancy Nancy sticker book.  {I LOVE Fancy Nancy!!!}

I bought the shirts at Walmart.  Walmart has a ton of cute, solid tees and onesies for boys and girls...and the prices are always cheap.  Always.  {Insert funny joke about Walmart being cheap.}



On the first one, I ironed an "m" on the front.  I think that I got the fabric at Walmart.  I cut a small rectangle of fabric and a small rectangle of iron-on material.  (There is an actual name for this stuff, but I can't remember what it's called.  It's really cheap-like $2/yard-and available at any craft store.)  Instructions come with the material. SUPER EASY TO USE.  Then, I printed an "m."  I used the Goudy Old Style font at size 250.  For most letters, this font works well, but I always like to play around and see which font works best.  Then, I cut out the letter and traced it on the fabric rectangle with the iron on material on the back.  Then, I cut out the fabric "m" and ironed it on the tee.  Wa-la.  Done.



For the pink, linen flower, I'll try to give directions, but I might need to go in to more detail on a later post.  First, I cut out four circles, different sizes.  For the three larger ones, I took each one and ran a needle and thread around the center and pulled to gather/ruffle it.  The more pull, the rufflier it gets.  I laid them on the shirt, with the smallest circle laying flat.  I ran a needle and thread through all the layers and the shirt to attach it.



I've never done this on a shirt before, so I asked Madison's mom to tell me how it holds up in the wash.  There could be a bunch of pink linen threads in the washing machine, or it could roll up even more, making it cuter.  Let's hope for the second outcome.