Heart Doilie Shirt Tutorial

Little by little I have been pulling out the Valentine decor, which got me to thinking about seasonal clothing for the girls. For our Handmade Christmas I had used some paper doilies and fabric paint and made two of these. They were so much fun and so easy that I was pretty sure I could use the heart paper doilies for some shirts!
First off, here are the supplies you'll need. Elmer's Spray adhesive (love this stuff), fabric paints, sponge brushes, shirts, cardboard, paper doilies. Yes, that is glitter in the picture. I had the bright idea of putting it on the wet paint; but that didn't really work, because the paint soaks right into the shirt
You do want to wash and iron your shirt before you get started. Also place the cardboard piece between the front and back of the shirt to prevent any paint bleeding through.

Take your doilies outside and spray them good with the adhesive.

Make sure you wait 3-5 minutes before putting your heart on the shirt! This allows for a temporary bond and when your finished painting you can pull that sucker right off :)

Using your sponge brush, dab the paint on in pouncing motions - not strokes. You don't want to break the paper up. It helps to have a cute assistant :)

When you're done painting, carefully pull the heart off, taking care not to transfer paint in places you don't want it :) Now they need some drying time. I let mine dry all night. The following day I heat sealed the paint using the ironing method.

I thought they turned out great! Now I just need to get some hairbows made to go with them :) Having girls is so much fun!! :) How blessed I am!

Some close-ups for ya - White for my favorite oldest...

Red for my favorite middle-child...

And pink for my favorite youngest!

If you try the tutorial, I'd love to see your work ;)

I'm linking this tut up with Kimba and Today's Creative Blog and

There are lots of fabulous projects to see! Thanks for taking a peek at mine :)