Last minute costume! Younger teenage boy wanted to participate in Halloween but not "dress up" in full on costume. So, I made a Green Lantern T-shirt using fabric paint and pellon. I used a cereal bowl, cup, and jenga blocks for my Lantern template. I basically pieced them together and used a fabric marker to mark my design. Then I hand painted the symbol in white fabric paint. When it had completely dried, I painted a layer of glow in dark fabric paint over the entire symbol. (It totally glows in the dark.) I then measured the area that I wanted to cut out and did the same with a piece of pellon iron on. I ironed on the pellon to the backside of the green rectangle. Then peeled the paper off of the green rectangular piece and placed it onto the shirt. I then placed a piece of cotton over the design and ironed on the green rectangle to the shirt. I did this carefully. After the piece was firmly adhered and cooled it was ready to sew. I used a stretch stitch and sewed a 1/4 inch around the border of the green rectangle.
And whala...
Glow in the dark Green Lantern T-shirt.
Quite fun.
~Christie
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