It's not a shirt - it's a creative experiment. The famous "ceci n'est pas" works of René Magritte inspired the thinking behind this t-shirt project. I picked up a plain, black shirt at Michael's for $3.99 and created this simple design - mixing French and English for fun.
I cut off the sleeves and created an asymmetrical v-neck; with the leftover fabric, I created a few yo-yos to add embellishment at the shoulder.
"This is not a pipe." My inspiration - The Treachery Of Images, 1928-29 Rene Magritte .
To create this look, I stuck 1/2-inch adhesive letters (available at Office Depot) to the t-shirt.
Using a sponge brush, I applied a flat gold fabric paint over the letters.
After about 5 minutes, when the paint was dry, I peeled the letters off with tweezers to reveal the text.
My daughter likes it.
To make fabric yo-yo’s check out this link at about.com for a quick tutorial.
Heather - Dollar Store Crafts
August 7, 2010 at 11:20 am
Love it! It’s super fun! At first I thought you used bleach on it!
camilla
August 7, 2010 at 11:23 am
Thanks Heather! You could use bleach too – that would be cool. C
Darcie
August 7, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Sometimes a t-shirt is NOT just a t-shirt. Very cool. Looks good with the hat! Oh, and Alice likes the hanger.
camilla
August 8, 2010 at 8:25 am
Darcie – Alice PREFERS the hanger! 😉
Bonnie@WhatAboutPie
August 12, 2010 at 10:12 pm
I love this idea! I have to do some school shopping tomorrow with the kids…and I am definately making a stop at Michael’s to pick up a t shirt and fabric paint…I can make my own sticky letters with my scrapbook supplies..now I just need to figure out what i want to write on my shirt. My kids will definately want to get in on this too so I better get a shirt for them too. I stumbled across your blog just now and I am so glad I did! Great ideas! http://www.whataboutpie.blogspot.com/
camilla
August 13, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Bonnie – Thanks for your comments – have fun with this! My kids loved it. Camilla
Bonnie@WhatAboutPie
August 17, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Hello again! I just wanted to tell you that I made my shirt and it turned out adorable!! It was so easy and really fun! I loves farms and everything about them…we live in Pennsylvania and there are farms all over…so I made my shirt to say “farms are life” and I even put a little dairy cow after the word “life”. My son likes cars so I helped him cut out a Dodge Ram emblem and my other son is going to draw up one of his video game characters. My sister liked my shirt so well that she wants me to make the same one for her daughter! I’m sure I will make a few more with different designs…having fun!
camilla
August 17, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Thanks Bonnie!! I am so glad you took the time to tell me about it! Your design sounds wonderful!!!!!! Thanks and take care, Camilla
Mina
October 16, 2012 at 3:25 pm
Gorgeous! Just gorgeous.
So good, I can’t decide whether to make one for my daughter, or myself! lol
But, do tell, how ever did you get the braided look around the collar?! A tutorial, or a link to a tute, would be lovely!
Thank you for a wonderful site, I’ve bookmarked many of your how-tos. Thank you!