PRESCHOOL ROCKS! Shirt

Parker House rolls made for breakfast yesterday, prepped for dinner the night before.

Chocolate swirl gingerbread from family dinner Wednesday...it is a Martha Stewart recipe that I want to make each fall at some point.

This is how I make the tee shirts I do, a bit labor intensive (that is why I keep dropping hints about wanting the Speedball tee shirt screen print kit for Christmas) but it gets them done. The first one I ever did was a tee that said "Don't Piss Off The Pregnant Girl"  that I wore when I was pregnant with Andrew...I loved that shirt!  Anyway this is a printout of what I want to write in a font that I think works.  I should have centered it, I forgot that part.

This is a piece of freezer paper, yes Reynolds giant roll will last you FOREVER!  I have traced the words and centered the second word.

Next I use an exacto knife and cut out the letters, yes I am sure that one of the many cutter machines might wrk on this but well A) I don't have one and 

B) this is a low tech and cheap way of doing it

Iron the freezer paper to the tee shirt, it will stick and peel off later.

Add the centers to the letters like O and R, iron them on too.

One layer of fabric paint

2 Layers

6 layers...Black and White are much more opaque then silver but well I am a glutton for punishment, and I think it looks better.

When the paint is dry peel the paper off carefully.  Make sure you follow the directions that the paint gives you, each brand is a little different when it comes to prewashing, heat setting, curing etc.

I then took a squeeze bottle of black paint to outline.  I think it looks great!  I will post a picture of the preschooler wearing it when I get to see it.

This was the paint I used.

This was my to-do list for today, which I do not usually make but I did this morning waiting for the bus after I wrote a grocery list.

print tee shirt letters (done)

cut freezer paper (done)

thread bobbin (done) 

1 1/2 seam (done)(finish Crown quilt)

border seam (done)

paint shirt (done)

sort laundry

pick up front room

cut yoyo circles (done)

grocery store (done)

draw circles (done)

wash Crown quilt (done)

notice what did not get done....

Hopefully in the next week I can excavate my home again after I finish this Crown quilt.  Plus maybe having some time to just stay at home and get a few things done.  I am catching up on 2 days of Days of Our Lives (a vice I have had for 20+years) that I do not watch with kids bigger then about 2 at home...so the sick days I need catch up...it is snuggle under a quilt in progress and a cup of chocolate milk as a treat.

What one thing will you do this weekend?