applique shirt

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Designer: Kelly Purkey

Create your own fabulous fall fashion with your Fiskars sewing tools.  I purchased a cheap white t-shirt and added my own touch to it with stitched on appliques.  Use the Fiskars Butterfly Shape Template to help make beautiful butterflies out of your favorite fabrics.    Pick a fresh color combo and a fun shape, and with the help of your tools you'll become a fashion designer in no time!

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Instructions (Print version)

1. Use Fiskars Butterflies 1 and Butterflies 2 Shape Templates to trace butterflies onto scraps of fabric.  Make sure to trace a variety of sizes and use a variety of fabrics.  Iron on to heat bond adhesive and use Fiskars No. 8 Scissors to cut out the butterflies. 

2. Remove protective backing from the heat bond adhesive and arrange butterflies onto the shirt. 

For an added touch, place a butterfly onto the backside of the shirt.  Press butterflies to adhere to the shirt.  Stitch inside each of the butterflies.

3. Handstitch a button into the middle of each of the butterflies. 

Supplies:

Fiskars Butterflies 1 Shape Template: http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_shape-template-butterflies-1.aspx

Fiskars Butterflies 2 Shape Template: http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_shape-template-butterflies-2.aspx

Fiskars No. 8 Straight Scissors: http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/tools/t_no-8-straight-scissors.aspx

other: Fabric, T-Shirt, Thread