I occasionally endeavor into crafty things, like say for example, my girlfriend is coaching little league and forgot to order me a shirt…
So to the old (and I do mean old) craft bin, where I happened to find some iron-on letters circa 2003.
No wonder all the shirts I made in college looked like crap.
So, this is Michelle’s Guide to Crafting:
(You should see what the inside of my brain looks like, its even scarier than this.
The instructions said: hold iron on letter for 30 seconds, then release.
Cool.
Yeah I figured it woldn’t be that easy. See how the “Q” looks like someone’s been nibbling on it? The “I” did too, so I tried to reapply the iron but forgot the wax paper in between. Ooops. But lesson learned: (30 seconds = not enough time).
So I amped my time up to 45 seconds. But, not having learned in attempt one, that the letters have to peeled away from the paper just so…resulted in this:
Lesson 2 and 3 learned: (Peel slowly and deliberately + find the side that wants to come up) + (Don’t think you can just push it down with your hand and it will adhere to the shirt).
So I persisted..
Really? I even tried putting the paper over it and letting the iron sit for another 10 seconds, but not this stubborn little guy.
The best I got?
Not enough confidence from this experiment to think the word “BLUEJAYS” is going to be coherent on my shirt.
BOOOOOO.
This was mostly just for fun, I’m not a very crafty person to begin with and these letters are really old; I don’t even know the brand name.
Has anyone else ever tried to make a shirt for America’s favorite pasttime?
