Heart Blotto T-shirts and {The Heart Project}

Remember our Heart Blotto Valentines? We made some lovely ones in this post last week! Well, now we have created some Beautiful Heart Blotto T-shirts based on this same idea! Take a look.

To create some of your own Heart Blotto T-shirts you need:

Fabric paint (we used.... Tulip Dimensional Fabric Paint )

paper in heart shapes

plenty of newspaper

a t-shirt or two

First,  cut the size of heart you want from some fairly sturdy paper.  Fold the heart in half and get your fabric paint and newspaper ready.  Also have your t-shirt(s) ready with a piece of cardboard or newspaper (or cardboard) inside the shirt so the paint won't leak to the other side.

Paint on one side of the heart with the fabric paint.  

Then close up the painted paper heart so that it transfers to the other side. Rub the paper.  You may want to put newspaper on top just in case the paint squirts out. (I forgot to take a picture of the paper folded....so here it is before it is folded!)

Then open up the heart and you have a beautiful Heart Blotto. If there is too much paint (as you can see there is!)  print one heart on  a piece of newspaper so some will transfer off.

Now take the heart and carefully flip it to where you want it on your t-shirt!

Then take a piece of clean newspaper and put it on top while smoothing over the painted heart blotto.

***Our newspaper had paint on it so we got mess around the heart....oops! Carefully remove the painted heart from the shirt too!

Since we had this (oops!), I improvised and painted around the heart! C loved it ! This was a good lesson in how mistakes can makes things more beautiful or how they can force you to be more creative! Here is C's shirt again.

Here is my shirt without the Lovely design around it.

Which heart design do you prefer? 

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NEWS FLASH: the heart project

Speaking of Hearts.... my friend Jamie from hands on: as we grow is having a fundraiser for the American Heart Association called The Heart Project with 70  bloggers (including me) involved.  Bloggers from around the world have submitted over 100 Creative "Heart" projects for a book called: the heart book.  It is available in e-book format as well as in print form to purchase.  The proceeds of this book will go directly to The American Heart Association.

You can make a $5.00 donation to The American Heart Association and receive the heart book (ebook). The ebook includes links to the projects that you see on the pages of the book.  For every book purchased this month, CraftProjectIdeas.com will be donating $1.00 (up to $500.00) on behalf  of The American Heart Association.

You can also purchase the soft cover book for $20.00 (+shipping).  The soft cover book is full of beautiful color images and is 8.5" x 8.5".  For every book purchased $5.00 will be donated to The American Heart Association.

US $20.00

Order the Printed Version

This book will only be available through the month of February!

Preview of the book:

If you would like to simply make a donation to The American Heart Association, without purchasing the book feel free to do so here:

Check out Hands On: As We Grow here for more information about this project!

Including: Information about Fundraiser Auctions from Sponsors, Special Giveaways, and a list of all The Contributing Heart Project Bloggers!

Glorious Glue Batik!!!

This is one my favorite projects we have done since writing this blog.  Such beautiful results and a fun process!  I've read about this idea so many times and so glad we finally did it!  Here is Cassie's finished Glue Batik.

For this project you'll need:

White cotton fabric

blue gel glue

acrylic paint

brushes

plastic wrap/newspaper

To begin:

First C drew her drawing carefully on the cotton fabric with a pencil.

Then, make sure to have plastic wrap underneath the fabric (or it will stick to the newspaper) and then go over your drawing with the blue gel glue.  I did this part because our glue bottle was much too difficult for C to squeeze out!!!  After outlining the drawing with glue, let dry for a day or so.

When the glue is dry,  you are ready to paint over the glue and on the fabric.  I watered down the acrylic paint a bit to make it easier to spread.  If the acrylic paint is too thick, it may chip off.  If it is too watery it may be too watery.  So mix enough water to your likeness.

Make sure to paint over the whole piece of fabric.  The blue glue parts will be the white parts of the picture. Here is C's picture ready for drying.  If you look at the back of your painting, you'll know if the glue resisted the glue.  The glue parts will be white!

Here is my flower design...ready for drying.  ***Once the painting is dry (I waited about 8 hours), soak the fabric for about 40 minutes in warm water.  Then you can take a little scrub brush (old toothbrush) and this will help to remove the remainder of the glue.  Let dry.

This is C's finished glue batik again!  I hung it on the window and it really looks vibrant!  Yet another sun catcher idea or window hanging!!

Here is my finished glue batik hanging on the window too! I LOVE these!!!

I know I will be making more of these!  SO much easier than a wax batik...which are a lot of FUN too!

Hope you get to try this too!

You'll be pleasantly surprised!

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