The Busy Giffs: DIY Vera Bradley and Lilly Pulitzer Disney shirts!

July 24, 2015

DIY Vera Bradley and Lilly Pulitzer Disney shirts!


If you Etsy search "Disney shirts" there are about 4200 that come up. Most are at $15+ a piece and if you get into any of the designer fabrics, $25+ a piece,  and I'm far too cheap for that.  I figured I could easily make my own. 

I knew I wanted Lilly fabric Minnie heads for myself, my sisters and the Princess so I had to find the fabric first! Both poshmark and Etsy had people selling 5x5" squares which will do a whole mickey head. I purchased both Vera Bradley licensed fabric and Lilly Pulitzer fabrics, but you could use any type!

I found a Mickey head shape and created a template out of cardboard.

Then I followed the directions on a package of Heat N Bond to attach the fabric to the Heat N Bond.  With the fabric side down, I traced the Mickey template onto the Heat N Bond side and cut along the lines.  Continue to follow the directions, I had to remove the paper and flip so the fabric was on the top again and ironed the fabric to my shirts.

The fabric was only a few dollars off etsy, the Heat N Bond was only $2 and the tank tops and shirts were less than $4 from Walmart!
Way more affordable than ordering a completed shirt off Etsy or Ebay!

You can check out all the shirts I made in my instagram feed!

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1 comment:

  1. These are super cute! I'm sure they worked great in the parks!

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