So say you are having an airhead kind of week…and you totally forget that your son was invited to a birthday party THIS Saturday and not next. And you don’t remember it until you read your friends blog post which is all about the cute rainbow party she threw.
Dang it brain…if only you would work with me.
So to make up for it…I thought the very least I could do was whip her up a cute little rainbow shirt…which I found cute enough to share…hope you like it too…maybe your brain will remind you ahead enough of time that you can make it to take TO the party.
Here is what you need:
rainbow colored scraps
blank t-shirt (from Target)
wonder under (from Joanns)
cloud looking scrap…chenille or minky like material
iron
sewing machine
Starting with your red scrap…make a square that is about the size that you would like your rainbow to be…
Using that first shape as your size guide make each layer of your “rainbow cake”. Don’t try to make it perfect…just make it happy.
Then starting in the center (purple) sew around the edge of each semi-circle/oval…I thought it would be cute to alternate zig-zag and straight stitch with each layer.
When you are done…trace your shape on the wrong side of the wonder under then cut out the shape just inside the line you traced (see photo).
Iron onto the back of your rainbow…we cut the wonder under a bit smaller than the rainbow to make sure we didn’t go over the sides and goop up your ironing board…which I am sure is WAY cuter than mine. I didn’t put the wonder under on the red first because you would be doing all of that stitching on top of it and that would just be a pain.
You also need to iron a rectangle of wonder under onto a rectangle of your cloud material that is about two inches wider than the base of your rainbow…you know, for a good cloud to rainbow ratio. 🙂
Cut out your cloud shape…
Figure out where you want to place your rainbow and cloud…be sure to overlap the cloud on top of the rainbow. Iron on…if your cloud material is extra thick you may need to turn your shirt inside out to ensure a good adhesion.
Stitch around the edges to adhere it to the shirt…if you start at a corner where the cloud and rainbow meet you can get around the cloud then the rainbow in one long stitch. Then I went back in and traced the cloud in blue.
Cuteness, right? And you can feel a little better about missing the party…cause if you never missed it then you never would have known to make a rainbow shirt for the birthday girl.
So there is that.
Hope you like it…got questions? I’ll answer them in the comments. 🙂