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 This past weekend my friend and I heat pressed our own crewneck sweatshirts and tote bags. I work at an apparel print shop so I was able to get a good price on some garments for us to use for this project and for the tote bags we just ordered some canvas tote bags off of Amazon. This project has been one we had been wanting to do for a while now and we just now got around to doing it. We got some designs we liked and then once we had them finalized in the correct format, we went ahead and ordered the DTF (Direct to Film) gang sheet. It only took a couple of days for it to come in but we had to wait until the this past weekend to actually heat press everything, since we don't have that much time during the week to start this. My friend wanted a sweatshirt that was blue on one side and gold on the other side. So she cut two sweatshirts apart and then sewed the the front of the blue sweatshirt and the back of the gold sweatshirt together. On Saturday we cut apart our designs and star...

 One project I have been wanting to start with my friend is DIY up-cycled sweatshirts and hoodies. We haven't had the time to start this project yet, as we have been pretty busy with school and work, but we hope to be able to do this one in the future. Below I have included some photos so you can kind of get an idea of what I am talking about. The video I included shows the basic steps of how to make an up-cycled sweatshirt. The first step being to cut your design, usually you would at least 2 different colored garments. Next lay out your design how you would like it to look like with all the colors in the appropriate spot an then pin them together, this make it easier so the pieces don't move around as much on you when you are sewing. Now you actually sew all your pieces together so that you wind up with a finished sweatshirt again or whatever piece of clothing you were making. If I'm still at Bradley when I get around to doing this project with my friend we will most like...

       Last semester my friend and I worked on designing making the the Robotics Club T-Shirts and hoodies. For the design, we chose robots sitting around a table playing cards. This was because, as a club, we often play Euchre when we weren't preparing competitions, especially when we went to Michigan for a competition. Since we enjoyed playing Euchre, we thought it would be fun to incorporate robots and card games into our design. I came up with the general design for one of the robots and then a few more of my friends each designed a robot. My friend created the artwork for the design and hand drew everything in the main graphic.      After finalizing the design, we began making the T-Shirts and hoodies, which included finding the best and most cost effective place to buy them. We considered buying from a local stores like Michaels, JoAnns or Hobby Lobby, but decided against it because they didn't have the color we wanted in both a T-Shirt and Hoodi...

This weeks post will feature a crochet project on how to crochet Appa. Appa is a flying bison from the animated series (recently turned into live action tv show) Avatar the Last Airbender. This is a project I have started but havent had a chance to finish. Below I have linked the video I was following and I have included a list of all the supplies you will need. I have written out the instructions below and you can also use the video to help you learn the different types of stitches if you are new to crocheted or if you want to follow along with the video.  Video to follow along with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HISXCJr3gIs What you’ll need:   3 Colors of Yarn: Brown, White, and Light Brown Plastic Eyes A Crochet Hook (Size G: 4.25 MM) Yarn Needle   White Polyester Fiber Fill (Pillow Fill Stuffing) Scissors Piece 1: Appa’s Head Chain 4 and Join with a Slip Stitch 6 Single Crochets in the Circle (or Lil Bird’s Nest) 2 Single Crochets in each Stitch around 1 Single Croc...