Make Your Own Mike Wazowski T-Shirt

Today is the big 24 hour event at Disney World and Disneyland. I wish we could go but we don't live close enough and really it wouldn't be all that much fun for the kids. Have you checked out the live stream? AH!!! Just looking at it makes me homesick. So, since I am stuck home today instead of off partying for 24 hours at Disney I decided to make myself a monstrous shirt and celebrate at home. Even better I figured I would tell you how to make your own Mike t-shirt so we can celebrate together. :) 

Let me start with the basics. This is a sewing tutorial and does require a sewing machine. There are a lot of ways to make a t-shirt and iron on transfers a great option if you don't have a sewing machine but since sewing is what I do this is how I make these kind of t-shirts. 

 First you are going to need your supplies -
3 circular objects in varying sizes - they should each fit comfortably inside each other -
                  I used a tupperware lid, a soda can, and a spice jar
scraps of white, blue and black fabric
a green t-shirt (I bough these at Walmart. Most craft stores will also sell them - if you cannot find green
                you can always buy white and dye it - there is a great dying tutorial here)
fusible interfacing - I've heard people say they buy it at Walmart, I bought mine at Joann - it was right
                beind the cutting counter
scissors
an iron
white, blue and black thread
sewing machine

Now, that you have all of our supplies the first thing you are going to do is cut the white, blue and black circles out. The white one will be your largest, the blue will be the middle circle and the black is the smallest. You also want to cut out one of each size circle out of the interfacing. Now there are two ways to do this and it really depends on your comfort level. You can place all of our circles on top of each other on the middle of your shirt and iron them on. I prefer to do it one at a time. So, first put the blue circle down, then the smallest interfacing and then the black circle. 

See the picture? Then I sewed the black onto the blue. I used the zig-zag stitch on my machine. I set the stitch length up to a 5 and the width (distance between stitches) all the way down to a .4 GO VERY SLOWLY!!!! I cannot stress that enough. Especially since these are circles and you may have to stop and lift your presser foot every once in awhile to get the best angle. After the blue and black were sewn together I placed the white circle with the middles size interfacing on it and placed the blue and black circles on top. I ironed them down and used the blue thread to sew the blue circle onto the white circle. Last step was to take the shirt and place the interfacing on it - make sure to really look at your shirt and be sure of where you put the circle because that is where the eye will go - then the white, black and blue circle on top. I ironed that in place and then sewed the last circe on. 

Then I had a shirt that looks like this. I actually made two - one for me and one for my son. The picture above is his. I made his a little differently. For his I did not use the interfacing. He is pretty particular about the way his clothes feel and dislikes the SLIGHT (and I do mean slight) stiffness the interfacing gives that part of the shirt. So, for his I left it off. As you can see his shirt came out just fine. The interfacing eliminates any bubbling that can occur while you are moving around the circle. If you go slow enough it isn't an issue. 

And here is my shirt. :) I'm pretty excited to wear it this fall when we head to the parks. I will be making one for Mike as well - he thinks he wants his eye to be a little bigger. Personalize it as much as you like. If you look at the one I made my son I put the pupil down a bit lower. That wasn't a mistake - depending on where you put the pupil the eye is making a different expression. Get personal with it. Make it your own. :) 

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