At church last week, I noticed that one of the worship leaders was wearing a graphic tee-shirt with the words: It Is Well With My Soul. I have heard this quote (or song title) before but I didn’t know the origin or story behind those words so I did a little research. You may already know the story. Incredible as it may seem, the man who wrote “It Is Well with My Soul” endured some of the most difficult trials imaginable. I was incredibly moved and inspired by this man’s faith that I wanted something tangible to reflect his story.
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Back to making a t-shirt design. You may have a favorite quote, song lyric, poem, etc that you would like to put on a tee-shirt. If so, then you’re in the right place. Let me show you how I made my It is Well With My Soul T-shirt design.
By the way, before I forget: this is the first Silhouette Challenge of 2016 and theme is “fabric & apparel crafts”, this t-shirt design fits right in!
Now on to the t-shirt design tutorial!
Supplies (includes affiliate links for my recommendations):
- T-shirt
- Design idea
- Silhouette Cameo or Portrait
- Heat Transfer Vinyl
- Iron or Heat Press (please read my How to Use A Heat Press article)
- First you need words. As I said earlier, it could be your favorite quote, song title, etc.
- Open Silhouette Studio and make sure your workspace is set to 12 x 12.
- Determine the size of your design. Here’s what I did to help me visualize the size of the final design:
I laid a piece of 12 x 12 card stock over my t-shirt just to get an idea of how big to make my design. I then cut the card stock to the size I thought looked best then used that measurement to create a rectangle that was that size in Silhouette Studio.
- Now type your words within that rectangle. Have fun experimenting with all of your different fonts. Just remember to flip your design horizontally before cutting the heat transfer vinyl.
- Once the design is cut from the HTV (heat transfer vinyl) cut out each word individually. This makes it easier to place them on wherever on your t-shirt since you may want some of the words to be tilted, etc.
- Now it’s time to stick on the vinyl! I have a heat press and love it, but you could also use an iron. Read the instruction of the HTV that you are using for recommended temperatures. When I used an iron, I laid a pillow case over the t-shirt and HTV. The backing on the heat transfer vinyl acts like transfer tape and easily peels off when the HTV has a good stick on your t-shirt. If it doesn’t lift off easily, apply more pressure!
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What do you think? I love it! But if I were to make it again, I might use a different, thicker font. But I love the swirly’s on this font.
Here are few more of my apparel and fabric projects that I’ve made using my Silhouette Cameo®:
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I love this! I didn’t know the story being the saying either- so cool 🙂
This turned out nicely! I wish I had a heat press after doing my first heat transfer project this time around, it takes a little while with an iron… but, it works!
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
Love your TShirt and also the onesies! Great job – Marni
I love this quote Jeanie. Thank you for sharing the story behind it too.
Great sentiment and I enjoyed reading the story behind it.
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Quite interesting ideas and detailed instructions for implementation. I like to work with stock images. Even when changing the scale, the quality does not deteriorate. I often use ready-made vector images celtic https://depositphotos.com/vectors/celtic.html from a professional library.