Today, I’m sharing an easy project for Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy’s Fashionable Type series.
It’s a series all about typography in fashion, home decor, and more. Cool right?
I decided to use not so typical typography (say that five times fast).
Tally marks!
Nine of them for my nine year old who is growing up way too fast.
It’s simple, graphic, bold, but not cheesy. Kind of awesome.
To make it, I simply painted some tally marks with fabric paint onto a ready to wear T-shirt. Very simple, super fast.
Here’s a brief how to:
-Slide scrap paper between shirt layers.
-Mark a box with disappearing ink or with some chalk of where you want to your design to go.
– Free hand some tally marks to your liking with a thin paint brush and fabric paint.
– Let the paint fully dry and heat set with a hot iron.
I decorated his shoes in a similar fashion but with an even easier method.
Yep, just a gold paint pen on a blank canvas shoes. Easy, schneezy.
The shoes don’t get washed so you don’t have to use a special fabric paint. Just keep in mind that the marks will fade if they get too wet. My son ran through wet grass several days in a row when I noticed this.
I still prefer the paint pen because it’s really quick and fun to use. I was surprised at how well the gold showed up. I whipped these shoes up in less than 10 minutes.
I added little tally mark surprises on the back sides too:
Just for kicks. 😉 (I like puns.)
The shorts are handmade from last year. I used MADE’s shorts pattern (my favorite go to shorts pattern) and posted about them HERE.
I was happy to see that they still fit him, although they are a bit shorter. Yay for another summer of wear!
For more typography inspiration check out the rest of the series at Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy!
Sources: Shoes and T-shirt are from Walmart, Fabric paint is Tulip brand, Paint pens are Elmer’s brand.
Such an easy outfit to whip and yet, so very cool. I love the simplicity of it. And who would not want those shoes. I need a pair myself. I wonder if I could fit thirty-something tally marks on my shirt?
haha.. Thanks Stacey. I wondered that myself too!
Have you ever watched Dr. Who? I can never think of tally marks the same way after seeing certain episodes 😀
I have but only a few episodes. Definitely not the tally mark one. I’ll have to look it up. I hope tally marks aren’t evil or something! ha.
I was thinking about Dr. Who as well, Teresa! I will have to make this for my boys.
I love this for my Small Fry… He would LOVE it! 🙂
Very cool! It reminds me of the where the wild things are movie for some reason.
ahh.. I can see that.
This is great, Delia! Love that you decided to go somewhere different than “typography” makes us think.
Thank you Tasha! 😉
Hola! I’ve been following your site for a long time now and finally got the bravery
to go ahead and give you a shout out from Austin Texas!
Just wanted to say keep up the great job!
Thank you so much Zara!
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