Hand Stamped and Tea Stained

I’m ALWAYS on the lookout for cute unique clothes, especially when it comes to boys.  Today, a light bulb went off in my head!!  I read an article a couple of weeks ago about tea staining paper.  As I was watching the little two play on the porch, I thought… “Hmmm, I wonder if it would work on white shirts?”  The effect is EXACTLY what I wanted.  YES!!

The “f” shirt is for Finley and the “max” shirt is a custom order.  I left Finley’s in the tea quite a bit longer than Max’s, but I do like the look of both.  I had an old shirt of mine that was stained and waiting for Goodwill.  I knew it would be perfect for my creative inspiration.  I got out my stamps, brushed on a bit of black acrylic paint, and stamped away.  :)  I cut roughly around the “f” and the “max,” applied steam-a-seam to the under side, and ironed them on the tea stained shirts.  I then top stitched with black thread… ta-dah!

Finley’s puckered up wee bit along the left edge… I didn’t put the steam-a-seam all the way to the edge of the fabric.  I’m WAY thankful I did that on Finn’s and NOT the custom order.

I can’t wait to make more!!

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~Have a great weekend~