Skull Cutout Tshirt DIY

With halloween just a month away I'm really getting into the skull spirit. I've always had a lot of skull print t shirts but when I discovered the skull cut-out tshirt trend I fell in love.

They have beautiful versions at Zara (black) and Urban Outfitters (white)

but if you're anything like me you have issues spending upwards of thirty bucks on a shredded tshirt. 

Easy solution- DIY!

Supplies:

-1 old tshirt, preferably baggy/ oversized

-scissors

-newspaper

-1 sharpie 

Step One: Draw the skull on the back of the tshirt. Place newspaper inside the shirt so that the sharpie doesn't bleed through. Remember to add "strings" through the eyes and nose so that the shirt doesn't just have big holes in it. I looked at a reference skull as a drew it (you can find one here).

remember to vary the size of the teeth, and curve them to give the skull face a rounded shape.

Step Two: Cut out the negative space. Cut slowly and carefully. Make sure you don't cut any of the "strings" and space teeth far enough apart so that the cloth between them doesn't get cut or rip. You want individual little teeth, not blobs. Don't get frustrated- this takes a while. Try to cut off all of the sharpie lines.

You can distress other places on the shirt as well by cutting small holes or lines in the sleeves, sides, or whatever for an especially grunge skull tee.

 Step Three: CAREFULLY pull at all of the "strings", in between the teeth, and everywhere that's thin. The fabric will stretch and curl in a bit, making it thinner. This makes it look more like a naturally worn tshirt than one you cut out. Washing the shirt on a GENTLE cycle will help too.

and voila! Now you're the chicest & creepiest kid on the block. 

It can even double as a spooky halloween decoration! (just kidding- but how cool does that look?!)

Hunger Games Tshirt DIY

Who doesn't love the Hunger Games? Since the DVD has recently been released I thought I'd dig up a picture of the shirt I made for the premier!

Supplies:
-Tshirt of choice
-Fabric paint of choice (I used tulip flat paint- the kind you need a brush for)
-Brushes or sponges (I used sponge brushes)
-Puffy fabric paint
-Adobe Photoshop or even Word (anything to make a stencil in)
-Access to a printer/ paper
-Exacto-Knife or fine scissors


Step One: I made a stencil in adobe photoshop using this outline image:

-link for the logo is here

-And you can download the font "Keep Calm"(for personal use only!) here



Step Two: Then I printed the stencil to size, cut out the type and logo, secured the stencil to the shirt in the placement that I wanted .

Step Three: Carefully fill the stencil with flat fabric paint. I used a sponge brush because I found that easier to control the amount of paint. Once the paint dries you can use black puffy paint (the kind that comes in a squeeze bottle with a fine tip- I like tulip) to outline the text and logo for a crisp finish.

Happy Hunger Games!