Sometimes I feel like I’m always looking for a great graphic tee, but can never find graphics that I like, aren’t cheesy, and don’t have mustaches or annoying sayings like, “too cute.” When I discovered iron on transfer paper at the local fabric store I felt like I had hit gold. I’ve experimented with a couple of different brands, because some of them are quite plastic-y. This one
is my favorite so far (although if any of you guys have tried this and have a better product, let me know)!
After ruining a few t-shirts in the process, I’ve learned a few tricks so that if you try this, hopefully you’ll only need one shirt. They are probably very obvious, but what can I say. Breastfeeding has made me extra super spacey. First, make sure your iron is SUPER hot before you start the process. If you are impatient and start ironing before the iron is fully heated the image will not transfer well. Second, make sure to print using the mirror image setting (or equivalent on your printer) if you are using this particular product. Third, be aware that if you print a color image on a color t-shirt, the shirt will affect the image, so plan accordingly.
This shirt has been washed several times, so you can see that the color is starting to crack, but I kinda like it that way (oh, and I may have pulled the shirt out of the laundry for the purposes of this photo, so please ignore the wrinkles).
NOW. On to the skirt. This skirt was actually an MNG by Mango dress that I found at the Goodwill. To me it was quite the score, so I was simply forced to buy it even though it was WAY too big. I thought about having it professionally altered, but the amount of altering would have negated the fact that it was thrifted (not to mention it was too complicated for my own limited skill set). Consequently, it hung in my closet for quite some time while I tried to decide what to do with it. FInally, I just took scissors to it. I cut off the entire top (which I’m excited to turn into some sort of kimono-esque top at a later date) and several inches off the bottom. I then sewed the bottom edge to prevent unraveling. The waist is too big, so belting solves that problem, and is cute to boot. And ta-da! My too big dress is now my favorite skirt!
I finished this outfit off with a stack of bracelets. The come from a variety of sources, from the thrift store, to Plato’s Closet, to Target (and the chan luu style one I made).
Oh, and last but not least, here is what I did with the fabric I cut off the bottom of the skirt!
