I’m excited today to be a part of the Summer Fun series that is being hosted by Emily over at Nap-Time Creations. Today there are four other summer-inspired projects that you can visit on four other blogs (links are at the bottom of the page!) Our family is planning on taking a brief vacation to the beach this summer, and I wanted to make sure that the Little Monkey was dressed in style with some beachy attire. I found a pair of swim trunks and a matching beach hat with a happy looking crab on it, and I really thought that the Little Monkey needed a matching Onesie. Using flocked HTV and my Silhouette Portrait, I was easily able to whip up a onesie that will go perfect with his beach clothes. This particular pattern required me to build upon the HTV process that I used to make the Captain America Romper. Here’s how I made a flocked HTV onesie without layering the HTV.
As you know when cutting HTV with your Silhouette, you need to make a mirror image (or horizontal flip) in order to get writing to be legible. As you may also know when you want your text to curve around a circle, you pull the text to the shape and it will automatically wrap. However, have you ever tried to flip it after it’s wrapped? Well, if it is already curved, and you flip it, and then cut it out, it won’t look right. I can assure you of this fact because I wasn’t paying careful attention, and wasted a large piece of HTV!
If you decide to make curved text in HTV, what you need to do is actually flip the text first, and then after you have flipped it, wrap the text around the circle. This flip will turn out.
The next step is to position the whites of the eyes, and they fit snugly against the crab’s body. I ironed them into place, and I had to be careful to get them securely positioned as well. I find that the smaller the HTV piece, the greater the likelihood that it will peel up a bit.
Of course I have to include a few action shots of the Little Monkey in his “Too Cute to be Crabby” onesie. He gave it a test run at the zoo. Ironically, he was pretty irritable and crabby, so we didn’t get the easy smiles that he is known for:
Now, as I mentioned there are four other incredible and creative Summer projects that you should be sure to visit today! There are thumbnails and links below so you have no excuse for not checking them all out!
In case you missed last week’s summer inspired creations, be sure to check them out!
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