Saturday, November 12, 2011

A Strawberry Shortcake Birthday

My middle child, my baby girl had her 4th birthday right before Halloween. I made her a dress for her birthday photos (you can see it here) but the dress was inappropriate for a party at Chuck E. Cheese so I thought I would make her a shirt to match the theme of her party, Strawberry Shortcake.

Girl in Strawberry Shortcake Applique T-Shirt with birthday cake

Here is how I did the shirt:

Strawberry Shortcake Applique T-Shirt

First I traced a Strawberry Shortcake from Jaden's coloring book.

Strawberry Shortcake Applique T-Shirt Design

I reversed the image and traced out the color sections on to the fusible interfacing then ironed it onto the felt and the felt pieces onto the shirt before I zig-zaged along all the raw edges with the appropriate color thread. If you need a photo tutorial on how to do this you can see/read it here.

Strawberry Shortcake Applique T-Shirt

The face details were so small that I thought I would try painting them. I think it turned out good!! I was worried that the detailed painting matched with the chunky zig-zag stitching would look funny but I think that it made her more recognizable because I didn't have to compromise details.

Strawberry Shortcake Applique T-Shirt

Jaden was thrilled with it so that is all that matters!

Girl wearing Strawberry Shortcake Applique T-Shirt

I think I am getting better at appliqueing! Here are some of my past creations: Gerald & Piggy, Owl Sweatshirt, Soccer ball T-Shirt, and Jay Bird Soccer bag.

Next, the cake...

Homemade Strawberry Shortcake Cake

Again I used Jaden's coloring book and traced out the image onto the iced cake. Then I just outlined the image with chocolate icing and then filled it in.

Homemade Strawberry Shortcake Cake

Tasted good, too!  Happy Birthday Jaden!

Girl in Strawberry Shortcake T-shirt Birthday Cake

Girl in Strawberry Shortcake T-shirt Birthday Cake


2 comments:

  1. i LOVE this shirt, i emailed you about it!

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  2. Could you tell me if you did the facial features freehand as they look fab .And did you use dylon fabric pens or fabric paint with a fine nib brush. :-) please

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