Space TShirt

Here today to show another tshirt I made Neal this time with a spaceman with jet pack 

on. I used heat transfer vinyl , ZING and make the cut to do this one

Earth and Moon Model

Yesterday I showed a flag I made for Neal's bike. Near took the bike for a ride to the Earth-Moon model in St.Kilda on the way to Readings to buy In the Shadow of the Moon

We then watched the "In the shadows of the moon"

Raining Robots

I have been playing with the heat transfer vinyl again

And i turned a lettering delight into a suitable design 

for my windcheater.

Used inkscape to tweak it and cut using 

the Zing

Desided to put them just down one side.

Raining Robots

I am going out with the girls for lunch today 

and  i am happy to have this to wear.

I am off to  explore some more.

 If you live in Australia and New Zealand 

and wondering where you can get a KNK Zing 

SKAT KAT  is the place to find them

Pony Tshirt

3 days ago I showed lots of 21st 

Presents i made here is another i forgot to 

show

MY Adventure continues Heat vinyl transfer again

Week 11. This week I played with the 

heat vinyl transfer again, and learnt some 

big lessons while doing it .

My son was impressed with the shirts, tshirts 

and flags that I have been making for Neal 

that he started asking if  it was possible to 

do different things with the vinyl. 

So I brought some t shirts for him and he picked what 

he wanted .

First of he wanted the Darth (pulp) Fiction 

After seeing the bike on sign that I made for 

Neals bike He then wanted a gaming t shirt 

and this is the result.

(FORGOT that I had to reverse the project 

so it would be right after ironed on. So I had 

to recut it TIP the good thing was that I had 

used a font that worked most letters on this 

saying when flipped and only cut a few letters that 

did not work )

THIS IS where I am soo amazed with how small and fine 

the ZING cuts the select and start words are 3/16" and still 

readable (other cutters i have it would not be possible to do this )

Now for my biggest lesson learnt this week.

DON'T be in a rush to get the t shirts made

LET COOL BETWEEN COLOURS!!!!

Martyn then said he would like this wonder woman

put on a tshirt So I spent a few hours changing 

the picture into a picture that was possible to cut 

and I had to order some skin tone and gold heat vinyl

for it . 

(P.S. I used inkscape and hand traced the picture to make 

this. It is not a few clicks and done but it is well worth the 

extra work to take time) 

  With the way I had designed it I had to put it 

on a red or lighter tshirt as it would not look good

on a black tshirt.

I cut all coloured pieces and went to iron and started 

ironing all the pieces one after another on the red tshirt

thinking that the colour to be more worried about was 

the gold as it was a metallic, so I left that to last.

I was doing colour after another  while it was all still 

hot. WRONG!!! It got FAR too hot and the skin colour all 

burnt. (IT WAS A MESS) Not fixable tshirt  wrecked.

Turned of the iron left the wrecked tshirt where it layed.

Next morning i got up and cut out a black layer again and 

I was going to cut a white layer and maybe use fabric paint

to add colour but while I was showing Neal and Martyn 

What I was planing the top layer just happened to be red 

and they both said  that would look great that way , as it 

is on a red tshirt .

LOOK at the Fixed tshirt! This is over 

the wrecked one and you can not even tell 

I will be making the coloured one LETTING cool

between layers , and will show you that  when it is 

done. I just have to buy another red tshirt.

I am off to explore some more.

 If you live in Australia and New Zealand 

and wondering where you can get a KNK Zing 

SKAT KAT  is the place to find them

Yuri's night FLAG

Neal wanted a flag for his bike with the Yuri's night on it 

(first man in space  51 years ago today)

I used the Heat transfer vinyl and put  it on both sides 

of the black flag.  Designed it in inkscape and cut using 
the Zing. OH and i just used a normal household iron 
to put it on 

He is so happy with it that he is already planing  the next 

flag he wants made. ( will show that when i make it )

You can buy the heat vinyl from SkatKat

Week of change (with the ZING)

Changing the look of things that is!

This week (week 8) I played with vinyl again BUT this time it 

was heat transfer  vinyl for clothing. It has been such a fun week.

 Started with sitting looking at the vinyl for ages trying to work out 

how it really works. So then I cut of  a little square and ironed it on to 

a piece of scrap fabric  OH WOW it is soo fine .

Then I had to think what will I try first. And I remembered that Neal 

had brought a pair of black runners the other day so I cut out two 

space invaders and got a block of wood to put inside the shoe to iron to.

And I added to the shoe.

  TIP !!!! the eyelets of the shoes get VERY HOT " OUCH!"

I think they turned out soo good

Then I wanted to try a layered picture. This time I wanted to put it on my 

bag. I cut all the coloured pieces (at this stage i realized that i was putting

it on a black bag and the black layer would not shoe good so I made a 

white shaddow for the whole thing. With them all cut out and pulled away the 

waste part of the vinyl i went to the iron starting with the white layer, I 

ironed that on the bag and  while still hot pulled of the plastic sticky and 

then ironed on the black layer then pulled off the plastic, Continued 

layering the pieces one colour at a time remembering to pull the plastic off between 

Here is the result

Now that I knew what I was doing and was getting addicted

 ( did you know I get addicted to things?)

I then cut out the layers for my frog  to put on my tshirt. 

Got a little worried that the zigzags on his legs would be too small to 

be able to be used . BUT i forgot I was using the ZING wasn't I and

it cut them soo good that they worked great.

Here is the result

Drew the frog from shirt I made about 15 years ago that i can no longer

buy to fabric to make a new one, BUT I really love the frogs on that fabric

NEXT, those who follow my blog will know that I don't like

wasting things so while cutting out the parts for layering if there 

was room to add a little something I would add it. So what I did 

was was cut some space invaders out of all the free spaces of the 

vinyl and

HERE is what i did with them

Neal was soo impressed by how they turned out that he then 

brought out his blue and white checked shirt and asked could he 

 he have blue bikes on each of the white squares  

(what a good idea ?)

Not knowing how it was going to look and how big the bikes 

I would need i cut two sizes of bikes out  30 big ones and 10 little ones.

Once I  went to the iron and started working out how it 

was all going to go. I thought that the bigger bikes looked

better so i started ironing them on. But then when it came to 

the pocket UGGG  The checked was on an angle, what to do?.....

OH  what about if i tried a little one on the pockets  and it worked 

then  putting little ones down the placket at the front

HERE is the result (only did the front of shirt and sleeves)

Then Sunday morning (Easter Sunday) being the first cool morning 

we have had in some time i has a polar fleece jacket on.

And i kept wondering if it would  be able to have the vinyl on it.

So I cut out a robot and ironed it on . 

TIP

 if you are putting on polar fleece you need to iron before putting vinyl 

on so that you flatten the fleece a bit

AND 

that there is no hair on the jacket where you are putting the 

vinyl (I did not see it till i was taking a picture of the jacket  UGG

(recon I should have no hair with the amount that falls out daily) 

Here is the result

You can buy the heat vinyl from SkatKat


This week I had planed to do fabric stuff but with the 

yellow blade but I got a bit sidetracked and in amazement  

I found out what an iron does (SMILE)

 Still have heaps of vinyl left so be warned that it will not be the last

of me using it  will show you as i make things

I am of to explore some more.

 If you live in Australia and New Zealand 

and wondering where you can get a KNK Zing 

SKAT KAT  is the place to find them