Size Matters

In December I found out how easy it is to stencil designs onto shirts. Free stencils are available online, and the process is so easy Ada could do it, if I let her use a hot iron.

I made a bunch of shirts for friends and family, including these for my sister and her man:


(I got on a little bird kick, so a bunch of people got avian-themed items.) I was so excited about them that I almost posted photos before the package got to my sister. Which turns out would have been a mistake, since she does occasionally check in, which I didn't realize, fa fa fa. Anyway, the gift seemed to go over well, except for the part where I took my sister's input about her guy's size to heart, buying him men's mediums, which turned out to be too small.

But now I've wised up, and I got Ellen and our pal Janeen to give me shirts. I stenciled them and will return them, happy in the knowledge that they will actually fit:




I am especially happy with the drummer. The line drawings tend to come out well; I made a great stencil from a book about flight, but since it is in Ada's room and she's sleeping, we'll have to do without a photo of that one.

(If you are reading this K, send me one in the guy's real size. I have another airplane drawing I want to stencil. Or maybe a robot, riding a dinosaur. Evil squid?)

Updated to add links: Try this tutorial from Angry Chicken, or search Craftster for some examples.