How to decorate a T-shirt with your own hands?

It's just a T-shirt - it's boring. I want to add this kind of thing to individuality in imaginable and unthinkable ways - to add, change, improve. How to decorate a T-shirt with your own hands? There are a lot of ways of decorating this basic subject of the wardrobe. Which ones, we'll tell you today.

How to decorate a T-shirt with your own hands lace?

This light, airy material will give the T-shirt a romantic and feminine feel. Take the strapless T-shirt or cut the sleeves of the T-shirt. In the second case, twist the cropped edge and stitch it on the machine so that the threads do not get out. Take a lace tape about 15 cm wide and sew it instead of the sleeves. The outer edge of the sleeve can be decorated with several beads or vintage small pendants.

How to decorate a white T-shirt with scissors?

Yes, using only one cutting tool you can transform the T-shirt beyond recognition! Only for such manipulations it is better to take T-shirts made of cotton fabric, otherwise the T-shirt will stretch and lose shape.

For example, you can make a tank skirt. Take an alcoholic vest (sowing or initially small in size) and mark on it a "spine" - a central line about 3-4 cm wide. Then, mark the "ribs" - the cut lines with intervals of 1-1.5 cm. Gently cut through the lines (with scissors or a sharp paper knife) from the spine and down to the seams. The tissue between the incisions is wrapped in a tube and attractive "ribs" are obtained.

How to decorate an old T-shirt with a lightning?

It seems that the shirt is not bad, the style is good, but it's already become boring ... Lightning will help! Cut the shirt along the sleeves from the center of the neck. Sew a beautiful contrasting zipper (with sliders at both ends) between the details of the shirt. Zip up the zippers. All is ready! Moreover, now it has become possible to adjust the bare shoulder and décolletage on the shirt.

How to decorate a T-shirt with rhinestones or paillettes?

Take a monophonic shirt of a simple style. Choose a pattern suitable for you - a bright symbol, an inscription or something to your taste. Glue on the pattern of rhinestones or sew a patch.

How to decorate a white jersey with beads?
  1. Method one: very painstaking, but spectacular. Bead embroidery on the hem of the shirt, simulating a spray of spilled paint. The colors of the beads can vary.
  2. Method two: stylish and tasteful. Beads can be embroidered ethnic ornament on the sleeves of the shirt - only on the edge of the sleeve, entirely on everything or on a small stretch from the top. Well, of course, that such sleeves should not be hidden under jackets and cardigans!
How to decorate a T-shirt with your own hands with the help of markers?

Indelible markers for textiles can help create a unique pattern on a new T-shirt or refresh the already existing pattern.

We will need:

  1. First, draw a stencil around the contour with a pencil or a black felt-tip pen. To prevent the ink from leaking onto the bottom layer of the T-shirt, we put cardboard or other thick paper between them.
  2. Now just paint the fields with drawings with the appropriate markers and iron.
  3. It is worth noting that this pattern is not afraid of washing and does not shed with time. Also, do not be afraid of staining other parts of the T-shirt.
How to decorate a white T-shirt with an applique?

This method requires a bit of assiduity and accuracy, but it's worth trying. So, we need:

  1. Templates for applications can be borrowed from the vastness of the Internet or magazines, come up and draw yourself. We offer the most gentle option - hearts. We fasten them on multicolored flaps, we circle on a contour and we cut out.
  2. Now we estimate the approximate location of the blanks on our T-shirt. You can do this by spreading it on the table or putting it on yourself. The latter method is more effective, since it makes it possible to evaluate the final result. After that, we fix the workpieces with pins, we plan or immediately start sewing. You can attach it with a machine, or you can also use your hands.
  3. Now we decorate our pattern with bows that are formed from ribbons. We fix the middle so that they do not crumble and burn the edges, preventing shedding.
  4. Sew our bows in the right places so that they are on the outside of the T-shirt, and the seams and knots are on the inside.