summer up-cycled t-shirt (6)

hi!
i've been real busy lately but i'll try to keep the blogs coming more regularly.
if you have not read my other blog posts please do so!
by the way. for those of you who have read "sapphire springs" (not the place with the really nice pools, ha ha i just realized she's named after that!) I've decided to start a whole new series, and i already have 1 ready to type up straight after this one so stay tuned!
enough about me let's get to what i'm supposed to be doing!
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one weekend i found an old white blank t-shirt, and decided to create a brand new easy & awesome t-shirt!

what you'll need:
blank white top
potato
paintbrush
vivid / black marker pen
sheet of cardboard (for size read instructions and follow the pictures)
fabric paint in yellow, green, purple & red / deep pink.

1. place the cardboard sheet inside the t-shirt, so the paint doesn't leak through.
2. slice the potato length-ways and paint half red / deep pink.

2. print on  to the bottom of your t-shirt and paint a small green rim around it, leaving a small white gap in-between.
3. when dry mark pips on the watermelons, in my picture i didn't leave enough space between each so make sure you do.

4. cut out a pineapple, i got my mum to do it as i am rubbish at potato carving.

however, to make it easier you could just do the yellow part and paint the leaves on after.

5. print the pineapple's around the collar of your t-shirt, if the paint doesn't come out well go over it with a paintbrush, using the faded version as a guide.

6. finally, paint in purple (or any other colour you want) "dear summer, never end." you don't have to write that, you could say anything you want like "summer rules!" but i went with this.

enjoy creating your up-cycled t-shirts, don't forget to check out what else i get up to!