Valentine's Shirt: DIY

So I like to be crafty every now and then and what better time to be crafty than Valentine's Day! I'm actually not a huge fan of the "holiday" but since I work in a school and the kids pass out Valentine's and have a party I might as well join the fun!


With that being said, I see all of these cute valentines shirts to wear that shops sell specifically for Valentines Day, which would mean spending a stupid amount of money to wear the thing once.  Sorry, but I would rather save that cash for something I will wear more than once.... or Starbucks. Like I said before, I like to do crafts and create my own things so here is a tutorial to make this Valentine's Day shirt! I hope you enjoy!

 Without further ado... Let's begin

Here are the materials you will need

1. Pink iron-on art sheet (hobby lobby)

2. Quick Fuse fabric sheets (hobby lobby)

3. A shirt (preferably a cotton blend)

4. Fabric scissors

5. Not shown here is a computer and ink-jet printer

Next you are going to print the lettering you want onto one of iron-on Quick Fuse sheets

*Note: It is important that you print the lettering on the FABRIC SIDE so do a test print on a regular piece of paper first... just in case you don't know how your paper feeds through the printer. I just took a pen and marked on side of the paper to see which side it would be printed on

I found my font on dafont. This website allows you to install fonts into microsoft word.  The one I used is called coffee house

The arrow I used came from google images

Then, cut your letters out.

The next thing you will need is your Iron-On Art.

For this step you will either trace or free-hand the heart on the paper side of the sheet

FYI: I was not impressed with this product.  I would suggest using something else.  Maybe even printing the heart onto the Quick Fuse sheet

Cut out your heart (some of this is self explanatory, but I'm a visual person so there ya go)

Now you are going to lay out your lettering, heart, and arrow on your shirt

I laid mine about an 1 1/2" down from the neck line.  It will need to be different if you have a higher neck line on your shirt 

Finally, you will iron those bad boys on. 

The setting on your iron should be a dry setting rather than steam.

You're SUPPOSED to be able to peel the white paper off of the heart, however I had to scrape it off.

Maybe you will have better luck. 

Have fun and get crafty!