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Home » diy » How to make DIY Embroidered Shirts!

diy · July 10, 2018

How to make DIY Embroidered Shirts!

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How to make DIY Embroidered Shirts! A fun teen or tween craft!

Embroider special words or sayings on a shirt for a one-of-a-kind statement piece. You can embroider any type of clothing – tank tops, shirts, sweatshirts, even shorts or pants! Give it a try! 

How to make DIY Embroidered Shirts! A fun teen or tween craft! Embroider special words or sayings on a shirt for a one-of-a-kind statement piece. You can embroider any type of clothing - tank tops, shirts, sweatshirts, even shorts or pants! Give it a try! 

Embroidered Shirts are Cute!

Have you seen those shirts with the hand-embroidered words and/or images? Over a year ago I spotted a shirt idea in a boutique in Newport Beach. And it’s been on my mind ever since. So the other day I was feeling inspired and I made a couple of DIY embroidered shirts! It’s really easy. The trick it to have the supplies to be successful!

Embroider special words or sayings on a shirt for a one-of-a-kind statement piece. You can embroider any type of clothing - tank tops, shirts, sweatshirts, even shorts or pants! Give it a try! 

I have a new line out with American Crafts + Pebbles Inc. It’s called My Bright Life and I LOVE it so much!! One of my favorite elements about the line are the embroidery hoops elements. We have stickers that are embroidery hoops as well as some papers. I used the embroidery hoop paper as inspiration for the floral embellishments that I stitched on my shirt!!

My Bright Life Paper -- bright colors, vintage pyrex, silhouettes, easy tags, LAMAS, beautiful florals AND embroidery hoop sayings. You can make cards, gift ideas, home decor projects and more! 

Embroider special words or sayings on a shirt for a one-of-a-kind statement piece. You can embroider any type of clothing - tank tops, shirts, sweatshirts, even shorts or pants! Give it a try! 

Embroider special words or sayings on a shirt for a one-of-a-kind statement piece. You can embroider any type of clothing - tank tops, shirts, sweatshirts, even shorts or pants! Give it a try! 

How to make DIY Embroidered Shirts! A fun teen or tween craft!

how to embellish shirts

Supplies you need to make a DIY Embroidered Shirt

Shirt(s)

Embroidery Hoop

Embroidery thread

Needles

Washable fabric pen or chalk

Embroider special words or sayings on a shirt for a one-of-a-kind statement piece. You can embroider any type of clothing - tank tops, shirts, sweatshirts, even shorts or pants! Give it a try! 

Here’s how to make DIY embroidery shirts!

Directions:

Embroider special words or sayings on a shirt for a one-of-a-kind statement piece. You can embroider any type of clothing - tank tops, shirts, sweatshirts, even shorts or pants! Give it a try! 

 

Embroider special words or sayings on a shirt for a one-of-a-kind statement piece. You can embroider any type of clothing - tank tops, shirts, sweatshirts, even shorts or pants! Give it a try! 

 

Decide on a shirt design

Print or sketch out the design you want for your shirt

Placement

Decide where you want your embroidery embellishment

Embroidery hoop

Secure your embroidery hoop to the shirt with the place you want your design in the center

White marker or chalk

Sketch your design on your shirt with your washable pen or chalk

Thread and needle

Thread your needle and start stitching

Back stitch

Use a back stitch to create your design (see the image below)

Embroider special words or sayings on a shirt for a one-of-a-kind statement piece. You can embroider any type of clothing - tank tops, shirts, sweatshirts, even shorts or pants! Give it a try! 

Tip for sketching your design

You can either free hand your design on your shirt, or another trick is to hold the shirt up to a window and slip the image you want to sketch under the shirt so that it shows through the shirt.

Embroider special words or sayings on a shirt for a one-of-a-kind statement piece. You can embroider any type of clothing - tank tops, shirts, sweatshirts, even shorts or pants! Give it a try! 

How to make DIY Embroidered Shirts! A fun teen or tween craft!

And don’t worry, if you TOTALLY mess up you can cut the stitches and start over. I used a stretchy cotton fabric for my shirts. A 100% cotton shirt will be the easiest to stitch on, but stretchy works too. You just need to be patient.

In about 20 minutes I was done.

And I love my shirts!!

The other design I created was a heart with a word in the middle.

I’ve had so many compliments on my DIY embroidered shirts!

Give it a try!! It’s fun to make with your teens and tweens!

Embroider special words or sayings on a shirt for a one-of-a-kind statement piece. You can embroider any type of clothing - tank tops, shirts, sweatshirts, even shorts or pants! Give it a try! 

And check out my Bright Life line. I love how happy it is. It’s also filled with other vintage images like pyrex bowls, beautiful florals AND lamas!! You can find the line at Pebbles in My Pocket online!!

 

Thanks to American Crafts for letting my dreams of being a designer come true. I love working with them!!

Have a CREATIVE day! 

xoxo

 

I am a designer with American Crafts. It’s a dream come true! 

Posted By: Jen · In: diy

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Comments

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    July 14, 2018 at 3:38 PM

    I Like for article, Thank you so much

  2. Renee says

    July 13, 2018 at 4:49 PM

    Very cute, but you didn’t say how to trace the pattern onto the shirt

    • Jen says

      July 13, 2018 at 5:17 PM

      You trace the pattern on the shirt with the fabric pencil. There’s a picture of it on the post. You can trace your image onto the shirt using the fabric pencil by printing off the image and then putting it behind the shirt against a window so the sunlight goes through the paper and shows through the shirt.

      xoxo

Hi! I'm Jen Hadfield. I'm a mom of 5 restoring an 1891 home in the heart of Salt Lake City. I love being creative and sharing simple ideas to make your life easier and more beautiful!

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