Alice? Where are You?

Do you love the story-line of Alice in Wonderland as much as I do? I was a little disappointed by the newest movie, but it had some phenomenal imagery that saved it. The original story was simply so amazing and beautiful and abstract.

Since we here at Days of Abstraction are into that kind of stuff, the first Silhouette heat fabric transfer was dedicated to making a shirt that took Alice and imprinted her on a shirt.

Now since I am something of a purist, I wanted the original artwork for Alice. She was the original after all, and just like Texas, that is something you should not mess with. After going through the process to make her cut as awesome as possible, I then proceeded to peel off the negative space (which since I am a poor college student, I will use in another way).

Once she was ironed on all the way, I turned to the next part. Originally, I had planned to use the Cheshire cat and put him on the opposing side... but for some reason, this was not working. Instead, I added three hearts. Hearts because of the Queen of Hearts, and three because it is an awesome number.


What do you think? Should I have used Cheshy? Is Alice discernible? I am thinking about giving away a Cheshire Cat transfer. Feedback, please?

for alas, I have no wings...

This is a song for the Micron Pen.

A cheerful little tune, its true.

For while its target is paper and crafts,

You can use it as a FABRIC PEN too!

While reading Buttercup Festival by David Troupe, I found inspiration. It took me a little while to come up with a medium, but I finally decided to go for fabric markers/ pens. I decided to try both markers AND pens...

I really lucked out in the pen department. Due to a knowledgeable sales' associate at JoAnn's, I was led away from the rest of the fabric pens to the scrapbooking section where lurked the Micron Pens.

I will admit that I was a little nervous to use a pen on my shirt where the specific purpose I was using it for might fit under the all-encompassing title of "and other crafts." You will then understand how thrilled I was when it did not spread or fade when I washed the shirt. (This picture is about six months after I made it... no fading!)

Compare if you will:

Before wash.

After wash.

Sorry, that the lighting really stunk the second time, but I could discern no fading...

I went out and bought more Micron Pens immediately (which turned out to be great since they were on a huge sale). The markers- I used FabricMate- worked well for what I used them for, which would fall under the thicker lines on th

e trees and the blue of the bird.

As a little side note, if you are worried about the Micron pens being too thin, give them a chance. I thought they would be, but it turns out that I love the detail, and filling in the blanks is not difficult at all.

(This is the bottom on the back of the shirt)