I used instructions from Singing Three Little Birds as my inspiration and the first two tries I completely copied, but the third I used a slight variation. I used two old onesies that hardly fit her and are a little dingy for the heart pattern and a new 18 month onesie for the owl with the plan to give it to someone else as a gift.
Materials:
Onesie/Bodysuit or T-shirt of choice
Toilet paper roll or cookie cutter
Soft fabric paint (I used this brand, but different color set)
Q-tips (I used these instead of a paint brush, but a paint brush would be easier but more clean up)
Piece of paper or cardboard so that fabric paint doesn't run through to back of shirt (I used wax paper)
Instructions:
1. Place paper or cardboard in-between the two sides of the T-shirt or bodysuit
2. Prepare your outline item if necessary. I shaped the toilet paper tube into a heart for two of these and then used a cookie cutter for the other one.
3. Put fabric paint (about the size of a walnut) in center of plate and smear around a little bit
4. Dip cookie cutter (thin-edged) or toilet paper roll pattern into paint, making sure to coat all of the edges thoroughly (it's okay if it's gloppy in places...it gives character) then stamp it onto shirt. It's important to be definitive and commit to a certain spot at this point, otherwise it smears. Also, make sure that the sleeves or edges aren't leaning forward to get caught in the paint and that your hand that is holding down the shirt doesn't have paint on it (I know this from experience).
5. Pick an outline and color it in with the same color fabric paint. This is where I was lazy and used a Q-tip/my finger instead of getting out and washing the brushes.
Here are my finished products...please ignore the imperfections, again I was being a little lazy.
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