Maybe it's the plethora of striped shirts that I've seen on blogs and in stores lately, but I've been wanting to DIY a colorful striped tee for a while. I like wearing stripes in the fall with a comfy cardigan, and the colors I choose work well I think for the cooler weather. The only thing I would change if I do this again is that I would use fabric paint instead of acrylic paint.
Step 1: Align the tape in stripes on your shirt. You can make the stripes as thick or as thin as you like. I started by taping only the front. (We'll get to the back later.)
Step 2: Put a piece of wood or cardboard inside the shirt, just in case the fabric is thin, and then start painting your stripes. I painted two of my stripes blue and the rest of them copper. You can paint whatever colors you like -- all of them pink or orange or you can paint the rainbow.
Step 3: Wait for it to dry. Acrylic paint dries really fast. I'm not sure how fast fabric paint dries.
Step 4: Tape the back. Since the tape from the front was folded over it was easy to line up the back.
Step 5: Paint the back, wait for it to dry completely, and then remove the tape.
Step 6: Then wear it!
Note: I would be very careful when washing this if you used acrylic paint. I would recommend only washing it in the sink with cold water and then hanging it to dry.
What do you think? Are you going to try this DIY?
your stripes came out awesome! i really like the light blue and gold with the dark purple! yay!
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