I am a lover and collector of tee shirts. I have them from events such as blues and jazz concerts and places like Jamaica and Key West. I have blue ones, red ones, green ones, all colors of the rainbow. What I didn't have was a tee that reflected my great love of vintage images. So, I set out to rectify that missing part of my collection.



I downloaded one of the many free images off the internet and cropped it to the size I wanted. I printed it out on a plain piece of computer paper and cut out the images I wished to use. I arranged them, scanned them and printed them onto a piece of canvas paper which is available from most craft and art supply stores.



I allowed this to dry and then colored in the images with my Lyra watercolor crayons and a small tipped paint brush. I used the canvas paper to get the texture and the color saturation I desired. I scanned this rendition and printed onto a sheet of iron-on fabric available in most sewing or craft stores.



I cut around the images and followed the directions for adhering this from the paper's packaging. Voila! Wearable vintage art for my tee collection!

• Download image: Gypsy Rose Paperie
• Iron-on inkjet fabric sheet: Quick Fuse (June Tailor)
• Paint: Lyra-Aquacolor
• Paper: artist's canvas paper (Canson Canva-Papers)
• Tee shirt


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Jules Eickmeier lives in a small fishing village on the Gulf Coast of Florida and has been involved in paper arts for over twelve years. She currently designs for KnK Club and Gypsy Rose Paperie and is a columnist for an on-line ezine. When she is not teaching paper arts at Hilltop Memories Retreats, she can be found with her husband biking or hanging out with her two cats and her adult children. Her blog is www.postingfromparadise.blogspot.com.