DIY - funky owl tank top

    As usual I was one day aimlessly browsing the vast pages of the internet until I stumbled upon this image:

My face expression after seeing the shirt in the above image.

    I fell in love. With the owl on that shirt. I realized that I must have that shirt. But where in the world would I buy it? Plus, it would be expensive as hell. They always are. But the owl looked pretty simple and I bet I could get some colourful crap to sew on it easy.


    Long story short - I finally decided to do some DIY! 
    Now I will share my amazing creative process!


    1. The stuff you will need:
    An actual shirt on which to draw. Do you know how hard it is to find a cheap, plain shirt? I wanted to do a t-shirt, but tank tops were cheaper. Isn't the whole point of DIY to do it cheaper than buying? Well half of the point at least. After walking threw every store in the mall several times, I found the cheapest top there was - a light brownish tank top for 1.99 Ls (that is about 4 USD). I originally wanted to go with white, but I thought this colour will work as well.

    2. Get all the additional stuff that you will need:

      a) Textile paints (Black) and a brush

      b) Buttons or sequins or anything else colourful that you will want to sew on as feathers.

    I bought a pack of sew on decorations. The pack had lots of shapes and colours. I choose leaves, because they resembled feathers. 

    3. Let the fun begin! It is time to start painting the owl.

    After researching google by writing "hipster owl", I decided to stick with the owl design on the original shirt. So, first off, I put a piece of cardboard inside the shirt, so the paint doesn't smudge the back. Then I just started drawing.

I'm watching Desperate housewives season 6 on the laptop.

It's a spotted owl!

Done! It's so cute! Now only to draw the feathers where I will place the sequins.

    4. Sewing!

    After drawing the feathers on the stomach, I decided on a pattern how I'll place the leaf sequins. They were in 2 different sizes and 4 different colours. For sewing I used 4 different threads, each about the same colour as the leaves.

DONE! :)

    It only took me 2 days, because I'm lazy. But it was a lot of fun, and I'm proud of myself for finally doing something creative and productive.

    My psychology teacher once said that an owl kinda represents me. I have no idea what she was talking about. 

- A.