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!

It's ALIVE!!!! :D

     

Sorry about the crappy pics... they were all taken with several different phone cameras.

Hope you guys liked the DIY! Isn't the robot just awesome?!

Enjoy!

Damarys

I'm Back... Valentine Update!

I ended up taking a little time off to figure some things out, but now I'm back! I had the chance to finish a little DIY project I did for my nephew (Photos will be coming soon!), a new Valentine's Day DIY (I know a bit late but still a good little easy project to decorate for next year), an easy peesy Valentine/February polish design, and a few recipes we have tried that were pretty darn amazing! I'll be posting all of those real soon... I sure do have some catching up to do!

How was your Valentine's Day? We ended up staying in and I made a lasagna and paired it with a nice bottle of pinot noir, while Mike made a new recipe I found a while back for Carrot Cake Cheesecake! It was yummy!

So I didn't get any good pics of our carrot cake cheesecake but here is the original recipe with a pic by Sarah at Sugar Cooking!

Mini Carrot Cake Cheesecakes
Ingredients: 

• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted

• 8 0z cream cheese, softened
• 1 egg, room temperature
• 1/3 cup of sugar
• 1 tablespoon flour 
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 
• 1 medium carrot, peeled and finely grated
• 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 4 oz cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 lemon extract (or a squeeze of lemon juice) 

Directions: 

• To make the crust: Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray mini cheesecake pans with non-stick spray, or line mini muffin tins with paper liners. Combine graham cracker crumbs, butter, and sugar. Press into pans (I used about 1 tablespoon per cheesecake). Bake for 10 - 12 minutes until golden brown. 
• To make the cheesecake: Beat cream cheese and sugar with a mixer on medium speed until fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the egg. Add carrots, flour, spices, and vanilla extract. Spoon on top of crusts so they are about 3/4 full.
• Bake until set, about 18 to 22 minutes.
• Transfer pans to a rack and let cool. Refrigerate until ready to frost.
• To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and extracts. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Frost with cream cheese icing. Enjoy! 

If you try this recipe, make sure you stop by and say hi to Sarah and give her props on a great recipe!


By the way, Mike got me the Meaningful Beauty skin care kit I had been wanting! I am on the third day/fourth night and I can honestly say, I can see a difference already!! I love it!

He also got me these super cool earrings from Nervous System

They have some amazing stuff. Go check them out!

What did you guys do for Valentine's Day? 

Damarys