DIY Iron-On LBD

I've been waiting for the right time to blog about a DIY (Do It Yourself) project, and the time has finally come! I've been making iron-on T-Shirts since High School, its one of my favorite things to do!! I LOVE T-Shirts with a cool or funny message, so to be able to put whatever you want on your own is the perfect idea. I saw THESE $13.50 Forever 21 dresses on their website not to long ago and I thought to myself  "These are so cute and affordable, I have to use them for something." So a couple of days ago I went and bought one and decided to iron-on something cool so I can use it in a shoot sometime in the future. Now the process is very easy and it only took me about 15-20 minutes from start to finish. I hope you enjoy my first DIY and don't find it to difficult to do yourself!

STEP ONE

-The first step after getting the garment you wish to transfer the letters onto, is to get the letters. I use a brand called "s.e.i" and you can find them at Hobby Lobby, Michaels, or any hobby/fabric store. They come in a variety of colors and fonts.

-After you've got your tools, you need to decide what your gonna put on the garment. Make sure you have enough letters to transfer your message onto the fabric, you may need to get more than one package of iron-ons.

-Then just simply cut around the sheet of letters to cut out the letters you need

STEP TWO

-Find a hard/flat surface (preferably not an ironing board) to work on. Get you garment and make sure its ironed out and lint free (sometimes pre-washing gives better results). 

-Decide where you want to position your letters and lay out your garment on the flat surface.

-For my particular brand on iron-ons, you need to peel the letters from the backing and place them right-side up on the fabric. This means they ARE NOT placed mirroring you, they need to be placed on the fabric the way you will read them. The felt side should be face up and the bumpy side should touching the fabric.

STEP THREE

-Preheat your iron to the cotton setting and make sure you don't have any water in the iron. If you do have water in it, make sure that the steam setting is TURNED OFF. 

-Find a thin dry cloth (I cut a pillow case and used that) or iron safe transfer paper to cover the lettering with.

-Now that your lettering is laid out and your iron is preheated, lay the cloth over the letters and press the iron down for 10-15 seconds. 

-Make sure every letter gets covered with your iron and gets the 10-15 second pressure. You may need to go over it more than once to make sure every letters gets covered.

STEP FOUR

- After pushing the iron on the letters for 10-15 seconds and thoroughly covering every letter, you may want to flip the garment over and apply pressure to the reverse side for 5 seconds.

-Let the item cool for a minute or so, and your done! 

HAVE FUN. ENJOY. & BE CREATIVE.