DIY: 5 Seconds of Summer Shirt

Hey guys! So today I am going to show you how to make your own 5sos (5 seconds of summer) band tee! If you haven't heard of them... Well go listen to them because I promise that you won't regret it! Just because I am creating a tutorial to make your own band tee or merch, that doesn't mean that I don't think you should go buy some anyways to support them! You can find their merch here :-). You can also go to their youtube to listen to their music! Anyways, enough about the band. Let's start the shirt!

Materials

• Old shirt

• Scissors

• Fabric paint

• Paint brushes

• Cardboard

• Paper clips

• Sharpie

• Ruler

To begin, cut the sleeves off so that it is a tank top. Cut the first sleeve as thick (on the shoulders) as you want and as deep (on the sides) as you want. I just eyeballed this, but after you cut the first sleeve; fold it over to use as an outline for the other sleeve.
Step 2: 
Take a ruler and approximately find the middle of the shirt. Once you found the middle, mark it with your sharpie. 
Next measure how high you want the middle of the shirt to come up. After that is done, draw a diagonal line from that point down to the edge on each side of the shirt. Then follow this line with your scissors; cutting the front and back of the shirt.

This is before I painted it; it is only outline of the logo.

This is before I painted it; it is only the outline.

Front

Back

Step 1:
We're going to begin with cutting the t-shirt. It's very similar to my tie dye tank top two weeks ago. Except the hem of  the shirt will come up in the middle. 

Next we are going to cut the collar. This is very simple since the collar was left fairly high. Cut the collar that is sewn onto the shirt off, following the stitching. Next cut the front of the collar down on both side about 2-3 inches; letting the sides meet in the middle in a shape that resembles a triangle. Just leave the back of the collar as it is. 

Now we are going to cut the hem of the shirt. I completely forgot to take pictures for this part, so you're going to have to bear with me trying to explain how to do it through typing. To begin, cut the hem that is already sewn onto the shirt off and cut it to the desired length (keeping in mind that the shirt will come up in the middle). I cut mine up higher than the shirt was originally; because mine was extremely long on me.



Step 3:
This is the fun part! Now you get to put the logo onto your shirt.  I created the circle on paper so that I could trace it onto the shirt. I also practice drawing the logo itself on a scrap piece of paper before I drew on the shirt. Once I had the circle traced onto my shirt and practiced drawing the logo enough I drew the logo onto the shirt freehand with a sharpie.

Then I flipped the shirt over and drew "Hemmo 1996" on the back sort of like a jersey. This was also freehand with a sharpie.

Step 4:
Once you have the outline of your logo and Hemmo 1996 on your shirt, it's time to begin painting! Slide a piece of cardboard into the middle of your shirt and secure it with paper clips so that your shirt stays still while you're painting.

Then pour some black fabric paint (or whatever colour you prefer) onto some cardboard. Take a small paint brush and trace the words so that it will be easier to paint without making a mess. Once you did that you can use a bigger paint brush or the same one you used to trace the words and finish filling everything in.

This is the finished product:


Keep in mind that by posting this I am not encouraging you to not support 5 seconds of summer by buying their merch. This is just a fun project that you can do to create a shirt of your own.

I hope you enjoyed this post! :-) Don't forget to go and check out their youtube channel!!! :-) 

P.S. There is a poll that will be up until next Wednesday and if you vote you have a say in what kind of posts I make in the future! :-)

DIY Divergent Shirt!

Hey guys! Today I'm going to show you how to make a divergent razor back shirt. If you don't know what divergent is, it's a book and now movie based on a post-apocalyptic Chicago. That isn't what this post is about though so I'll show you how to make the shirt! This is going to be my longest post yet, so just a heads up.

Finished Product

Materials:

• Old t-shirt
• Scissors
• Sharpies
• Fabric Paint
• Sponge paint brushes
• Cardboard
• Wool (optional)
• Bleach
• Small jar/container for bleach

Step 1:
Lay your shirt out flat and cut the neck following the stitching (be careful the front is usually deeper than the back).

Use the stitching as a guide.

Step 2:

Cut the first sleeve off from the shoulder down to the armpit. You may want to outline where you want your sleeve to be with a sharpie.

Try to cut evenly to avoid jagged edges.

After you cut the first sleeve, fold the shirt in half evenly so that you can use that first sleeve as a guide and be left with two sleeves that are the same width and depth.

Use this edge as a guide.

Next stretch both of the arm holes (gently!) so that the sleeves won't look jagged. This will also prevent the fabric from tearing.

Don't pull so hard that you stretch it out!

Step 3:

Cut the bottom of the shirt following the seam. After that stretch the fabric like you previously did with the sleeves.

Step 4:

Flip your shirt over so that the back is facing you. Now cut the back straps thinner than the front so that you can create the razor back in the final steps.

Be careful not to cut the front straps!

Now take the piece that you cut off on the first side and use it as a guide for the second side.

Step 5:

To create the razor back effect you can cut this piece of fabric from the hem of the shirt off, or braid together some wool and use that.

If you use this piece instead of the wool you will put the two straps together and wrap this piece of fabric around the straps beginning with a knot and wrapping it around until you get to the bottom then ending with another knot.

On my shirt I used braided wool because I thought it would be cool to incorporate other faction colours into the shirt. I braided together a red, grey and black piece of wool for amity, abnegation and dauntless. I chose to use these faction colours because when I took an aptitude test online I had an aptitude for those three factions. 

If you use the wool you begin with a knot, wrap the wool around the straps and then end it in a knot just like you would have with the fabric.

Step 6:

This is the fun part! Now you get to paint your faction symbol onto the front of the shirt. I chose to use the dauntless symbol because as mentioned above I had an aptitude for it, but if I had to choose which faction to join, it would be dauntless.

Begin by deciding where you want to place the symbol and then put cardboard into the shirt, leaving the top side facing up. Secure the shirt in place on the cardboard with paper clips or pins.

 Now begin outlining your symbol with a sharpie either free hand or tracing. I cut the circle out and traced around it for the outside of the symbol but then did free hand for the flames.

After you have the outline of your symbol on your shirt begin to paint it on using your fabric paint and sponge brush (sorry I don't have any pictures of this part. I got too caught up in the painting forgot to take some haha).

After you have painted the symbol wait for the paint to dry before moving onto the next step!

Step 7:

Are you using a black shirt and black paint? Can't see your design? No problem! Bleach is now your best friend. 

Be cautious while using bleach!!!

Make sure the paint is dry, I waited an hour and a half so that I knew it would be completely dry. 

Now get a jar or container and some bleach that you dilute with water. Take a paint brush and brush bleach around the flames in the circle and on around the circle on the outside. The bleaching takes the colour out of the shirt and it will make the symbol stand out more. Black shirts will take on an orange/red colour after bleaching. I also added some bleach randomly to other spots on the front of the shirt just to create a more vintage feel to the shirt.

This is what the shirt looked like seconds after applying bleach.

Now you have to wash the bleach out of your shirt. Fill a sink (preferably a laundry tub if you have one) with warm water and laundry soap.

After you have washed the shirt long enough that the colour doesn't come off as much as when you began washing rinse it out and try to get all or as much of the soap out. Now let the shirt dry and you're all done!!!

Front

Back

PS: you may want to wash this shirt separate from other clothes for the first few washes so that no bleach comes off onto your other clothes.

Now just enjoy your new shirt :), if anyone has any post requests just leave them in the comments!