Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a Flowery Heart T-shirt!

Pink, green and a touch of gold make this floral heart t-shirt a pretty terrific wardrobe for Valentine’s Day - or for all year round! And it really pops off of this navy t-shirt!

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This t-shirt was a last-minute Christmas stocking gift I whipped together for my daughter. It took barely over an hour to make start to finish, including cutting, weeding, and ironing!

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When I selected my colors for the design, I decided to use gold for the layer that has the large center flower on it. But there isn’t just a single gold option in the Cricut iron-on range. There’s Gold in Everyday Iron-On (which is more matte), Foil, Glitter…and I’m probably missing some too. How do you know which gold to choose when making an iron-on project?

The first consideration is layering, because foil and glitter can’t have something else layered on top of them. That wasn’t a concern for me so I had to choose based on other criteria. I ultimately chose the Everyday Iron-On based largely on appearance. I liked how the more matte finish didn’t overwhelm the pink and green but still had a bit of a luxury feel. I thought that the foil and glitter, as beautiful as they are, were just a bit too much for this particular project. The bonus of selecting the Everyday Iron-On is that (in my experience) the Everyday Iron-On metallics are the most durable of the metallic iron-ons. If my daughter decides this is one of her favorite t-shirts, this will get washed every few days, so durability is no small consideration!

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I chose the green as my first layer of iron-on to adhere, because it was the color around most of the edge of the design. That made it easier to line it up to center it, since I could see where the edges were.

After the first layer, I just carefully aligned each of the next colors into the open spaces and then pressed them down.

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I gave it as a Christmas stocking stuffer, but this t-shirt makes a wonderful gift for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, or a birthday for someone special! Who will you give it to?

Nancy Nally

I’m the owner of Nally Studios LLC, which owns the websites Nally Studios and Craft Critique. I’ve spent the last 20 years working in the crafts industry as a writer and marketing consultant. My newest venture is the Nally Studios etsy store, where I sell digital files for scrapbookers. I live in Florida with my husband, teenage daughter, and a cat who thinks its a dog.

https://www.nallystudios.etsy.com
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