Summer Fete 2009Design a t-shirt,

wear it to the fete, enter the competition and perhaps

win the prize for thebest Junior or Infant design

Hamilton Primary School PSA

Winners of the 2008 competition

The theme for the design is ‘Animals’

Choose an animal to put on to your t-shirt

What is your favourite animal?

Think what would look good on a t-shirt

The picture needs to be based around

Try to make your picture eye-catching

Use bold, simple shapes – don’t make the pictures too detailed or over-complicated

Use strong, bright, fresh colours

Think about the size of the picture in relation to the size of the t-shirt

Think of using patterns or repeated images

Your design needs to be:

Design considerations

If your design is going to be symmetrical you need to know where the middle lines and centre are before you start

Identify your picture area on the t-shirt

The central chest is the normal area but you might want to use the sleeve areas or the back of the t-shirt

Try to imagine what the t-shirt will look like on and try to imagine where the creases of the fabric will be and where the picture won’t be seen in full

The colour of the t-shirt material will be white as it is the easiest to use as all shades of colour will stand out well against white

Planning your design Firstly plan out your design on a piece of A4 paper Use a lead pencil to begin with

If you can, find images to help get you started from the resources you have available – books/magazines or perhaps from the internet

You could copy/trace images and them adapt them

Be prepared to make changes to your design at the beginning as your ideas might change once you’ve started

Think about keeping the shapes you use simple and not too detailed to make it easy for you to paint it on the actual t-shirt

Think about what colours you are going to use

Once you are happy with your design planyou can transfer it onto the actual t-shirtusing a light coloured fabric pen/chalk orcharcoal pencil

What colours can be used Fabric paint comes in lots of different colours but can be mixed just like

poster paint so you can use whatever colours you like

Normal paint techniques can be used to apply paint

Once the paint is dried and fixed by ironing, the t-shirt can be worn and washed again and again

Textures can be created by using sponges, coarse brushes or splattered on but mind your other clothes or surroundings!

Other materials include marker pens, highlighter pens, crayons and 3D embossed squashy gel type pens

Ribbons, sequins, feather or other things can be stuck or sown onto the t-shirts but they might not be able to be washed and will be ‘one off’ creations

Use of stencils You might want to think about using a cut out stencil for large areas of

colour and use a sponge to apply the paint – this a quick and effective way of applying paint

You might want to find an image and copy/trace it to get the general shape of something and then adapt it

Use block printing You could make your own printing blocks or use a potato to print on to your

t-shirt. It is a quick and easy way to create some really bright and eye-catching pictures

To make a good designKeep design simple

Not too detailed

No words, just a picture

Clean bold use of colour

Make your design stand out from the crowd

Which animal will you choose?

The choice is yours

Start your design now

Do a plan of your design on an A4 piece of paper

Take your design plans home at the end of the day

If you want to enter the competition you can either ask your parents or guardian to help you make the t-shirt yourself at home

or

The PSA will be running a series of workshops where they will provide you with a t-shirt and all the fabric paints and pens, as well as helping you to produce your t-shirt

At the end of this week on Friday 5th June you will be given a letter and booking form telling you more about the competition and the workshops

Make sure you get your name in quick for a place on the workshop!

What next?