Make A Cat Shirt With Fabric Markers

I drew a picture of Irina the cat on this yellow shirt with fabric markers.
I drew a picture of Irina the cat on this yellow shirt with fabric markers.

Today I want to share how I made a cat shirt with fabric markers. First, I took a plain yellow shirt and drew a picture of a cat on it. Actually, I transferred the cat illustration on the shirt with tracing paper, but tracing paper could also be used to create an outline of a photograph on a shirt. First, you might want to see how used tracing paper trace around the image of my cat drawing.

The next step was to take a quilting pencil and trace on the backside of the tracing paper.

I traced on the backside of the tracing paper with a silver quilting pencil.
I traced on the backside of the tracing paper with a silver quilting pencil.
The tracing paper was taped to the shirt with masking tape. A pencil was used to transfer the image on to the shirt.
The tracing paper was taped to the shirt with masking tape. A pencil was used to transfer the image on to the shirt.
The image of Irina has been transferred on to the yellow shirt.
The image of Irina has been transferred on to the yellow shirt.
A black fabric marker was used to outline the drawing of Irina the cat.
A black fabric marker was used to outline the drawing of Irina the cat.
Coloring in the body of Irina with a black fabric marker.
Coloring in the body of Irina with a black fabric marker.
The head of Irina is colored in with a grey fabric marker to offset it from the body.
The head of Irina is colored in with a grey fabric marker to offset it from the body.
Almost all of Irina's body is now colored in.
Almost all of Irina’s body is now colored in.
Irina The cat is now colored in.
Irina The cat is now colored in.
I used several shades of green fabric markers to create the grass around Irina.
I used several shades of green fabric markers to create the grass around Irina.
Coloring in more of the grass.
Coloring in more of the grass.
The shirt with the completed fabric marker drawing of Irina the cat.
The shirt with the completed fabric marker drawing of Irina the cat.

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The video below illustrates what the Irina the cat shirt looks like. This shirt was created with fabric markers, and my own drawing.

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