Dreaming In Exposures: Robot Shirt DIY

A while back I had decided I wanted to decorate a shirt for my little nephew. I finally had the chance to work on it and was able to give it to him for Valentine's Day! After much thought, I chose to go with a robot. Robots are cute and I mean, c'mon! Who doesn't love robots?!

Isn't he adorable?!

This DIY is super easy. Here it goes:

Supplies:
Shirt
Grey Felt
Red Felt
Black Felt
Thread (I used six stranded floss and separated it into 2 strands) - White, Black
Needle
Thimble
Glue (I used Fabri-Tac)
Scissors
Fabric Marker (useful but not absolutely necessary)

Steps:
Use the fabric marker to trace the squares on the felt. You will need a square (head), a slightly larger square (body), a tiny rectangle (for the neck), two long thin rectangles (for the arms) and two stubby rectangles (for the legs). I did this in grey felt first and then made slightly bigger ones in black felt. You can start cutting as you go or after you trace them all, it is up to you.

Proceed to trace the heart on the red felt and the black felt and cut them out. Cut out some eyes and some antennas out of black felt only.

Once you have all the pieces cut out, place them on the shirt and arrange them how you would like the robot to look. Next, glue the red and black hearts together. Glue the hearts to the larger grey rectangle. Then, glue the eyes to the smaller grey rectangle. Now, glue the grey and black squares (for the head) together, and repeat this for the body, neck, arms, and legs.

Lastly, glue all the robot pieces onto the shirt.

**You can choose to stop here or take it a step further to give it a little extra cuteness (and protect the felt from coming off in the wash).**

After gluing the robot to the shirt, thread your needle with 2 strands of the white six stranded floss. Sew the heart, the legs, the arms, the body, the head, and the neck with white thread. Depending on how much glue you used, you will probably need the thimble. I made the thread slightly spaced apart to give it a more handmade look.

Thread the needle with 2 strands of the black six stranded floss. Sew the eyes and the antennas. I sew them through the middle just to keep the edges extra clean on these two.

Now step back and take a look at your wonderful creation!