My Winter Hand Painted Creations

Spring is about to start, so it is high time I told you about my shirts which I painted in the winter.

1. Just a usual turtle neck shirt which was quite blank and boring, meaning both the style and color. That was why I rarely wore it. Now, with the flowery motif and little flowers on the neckline, it looks different.

A bit of paint made such a nice change and it turned the shirt into a more interesting (at least I think so) piece of clothing.

 

2. That summer shirt made me look unhealthy - pale pink and pale me did not match well at all.

The painting has added some colors/expression to the shirt and I am going to enjoy wearing it when it is warm enough to come back to sleeveless clothes again.

3. In my opinion, a regular T-shirt is just another uninteresting and style-less wardrobe item.
It makes a good 'canvas' for my Kashubian folk patterns though. T-shirts of bright colors make  especially good background for the (primary) shades of those traditional designs. When decorated, I really like wearing them. Also because, in a way, they are original. I painted them myself and, more over, nobody else has exactly the same T-shirt like mine..

Which of the three ones do you like best?

My Hand Painted T-shirt - Pattern #3

This is a t-shirt which I decorated for my husband. The design contains two characters which I created when I was sixteen and a flowery folk motif. I am really happy that he likes wearing the t-shirt!

I use brand new, cotton T-shirts. However, the painting process requires pre-washing the fabric. That is why I wash and iron each and every T-shirt before I start painting my patterns on them. The painting itself is quite time-consuming. Due to paints properties, I needed to put the layers of paint gradually, so it took me even five days (not to mention the time of pre-washing, drying and ironing) to decorate the T-shirt.
You can read more about the paintings included on the T-shirt here.

 

Check out my other patterns - wall decor boards and T-shirts here.

 

 

My Folk Art, Hand Painted T-Shirt: Pattern #2

This is one of my favorite t-shirts and patterns painted by myself.
I love painting on fabric. I use brand new, cotton T-shirts. However, the painting process requires pre-washing the fabric. That is why I wash and iron each and every T-shirt before I start painting my patterns on them. The painting itself is quite time-consuming. Due to paints properties, I need to put the layers of paint gradually, so it takes me even up to three days (not to mention the time of pre-washing, drying and ironing) to decorate a T-shirt. But I love it!

Check out our other patterns - wall decor boards and T-shirts here.

 

My Folk Art T-Shirt #1

I have been thinking of decorating T-shirts for quite a long time. Finally, The day came I did paint my first T-shirt. You can see the results of it in the pictures included below. I was not sure how it all would work as I had never done it before. It appeared, fabric painting is quite a time-consuming process - you need to wait for several hours till the first layer of paint gets dry and is ready to add other colors. But I did enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Frankly speaking, I also quite like the final effect of my first T-shirt painting attempt.

I am planning to decorate more (brand new, blank) T-shirts, with similar patterns which I painted on the wall decor boards. Meaning: the little creatures designed by myself and folk patterns of the Kashubian region (Poland). You can see those boards here.

Check out our other patterns - wall decor boards and T-shirts here.

My Folk Art T-shirt #1

My Folk Art T-shirt #1