Palestine Is In My Heart T-shirt {Tutorial}

I’ve wanted to make this t-shirt with Palestine in the middle of a heart for awhile now.
While at the store yesterday picking up some Cling Wrap, I saw the Freezer paper and knew that it was time.   I got the paper and today we got down to business to make this Palestine Is In My Heart t-shirt.

Supplies

Blank white t-shirt
Xacto
Cutting mat
Fabric paint
Flat edge paintbrush
Freezer paper
Pencil
Carbon paper
Large sheet of foamACraftyArab Palestine is in my Heart1

Create an image on your computer and print it out. Cut off a piece of freezer paper to fit the size of your image. Put the shiny side down, with a piece of carbon paper on top and then your image on top of that. Draw out your image with a pencil.ACraftyArab Palestine is in my Heart2

Place your freezer paper on the cutting board and with the Xacto, cut out your design.  If your design is simple, you can use scissors, but since our map of Palestine had so many jagged edges on either side, we wanted to make sure we got all of them.ACraftyArab Palestine is in my Heart3

Place your piece of foam inside your tshirt.  If you don’t have a large piece of foam, you can also use cardboard, or another piece of freezer paper.  You just want to put something inside the t-shirt so that the paint doesn’t go through to the back.  Place your freezer paper, shiny side down, on your t-shirt and iron it flat.  The shiny side of the freezer paper will adhere to the t-shirt.ACraftyArab Palestine is in my Heart4

When you start painting your fabric paint on the t-shirt, you want to make sure you paint from the outside of the paper inwards.  This will give you crisp edges and the paint will not bleed under the freezer paper.  We ended up putting two coats of paint on our t-shirt to really get the paint into the little crevices.ACraftyArab Palestine is in my Heart5

Let your paint dry and take off the freezer paper.  It should just rip right off your t-shirt.  Take an old towel or t-shirt, place it over your image and go over it with the iron.  This will help set the paint.  Your t-shirt is done so wear it with pride!  When someone asks you what it means, start a conversation with them about the apartheid that is happening in Palestine.
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acraftyarab

I am a Libyan American who creates art to promote a positive image of Arab and Islamic culture.