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Has anyone tried shirt folding?

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soapbox · 29/01/2006 17:27

I've had some fun this afternoon trying this out!

I bought a football shirt block and have made football shirts following this design.

You can make shirts with this instructions using any patterned papers you might have. You need to trim the paper to 7.5cm x 15cm!

football shirt folding

shirt folding

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Whizzz · 29/01/2006 17:31

Cool - I was going to have a go at this but was prepared just to make it up as I went along !

Thanks !

madmarchhare · 29/01/2006 17:33

Thanks for link, used to do this in pub as party trick years ago and forgotton how to do it .

SoupDragon · 29/01/2006 17:39

More shopping eh, Soapy?

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soapbox · 29/01/2006 17:41

Last weeks craft fair soupie!

£5 for 5 books - 65 pages in each one! Bargain!

The football ones are particularly impressive. Great for boys cards!

There is another tutorial on that site for a ladies skirt and blouse which could be quite nice if you used contemporary type prints to make them.

Amazing what you can find on the net isn;t it!!!!

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soapbox · 29/01/2006 17:42

Last weeks craft fair soupie!

£5 for 5 books - 65 pages in each one! Bargain!

The football ones are particularly impressive. Great for boys cards!

There is another tutorial on that site for a ladies skirt and blouse which could be quite nice if you used contemporary type prints to make them.

Amazing what you can find on the net isn;t it!!!!

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SoupDragon · 29/01/2006 17:43

You can use some of that costco paper...

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soapbox · 29/01/2006 17:46

Needs to be a small print - although plain might work! I bet the stripy ones might work though!

Do you think the stripy pinky greeny one for a blouse, with the plain deep pink for a skirt would work?

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Whizzz · 29/01/2006 17:48

Well after the success of my 'Exploding' card - the skys the limit as far as paper folding goes !!!

Dingle · 29/01/2006 17:56

This has reminded me of one of the get well cards I made ages ago. It was a pair of little cerise pink PJs folded from pink shiny paper. From what I remembe rthe PJs weren't too bad, but I had handwritten the wording down the edge of the card and it looked awful!

I like the look of the football block, what teams are in there soapbox?

codnotmud · 29/01/2006 17:57

SOAPY grrr

codnotmud · 29/01/2006 17:57

just buyt hte frigging cards

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soapbox · 29/01/2006 18:18

Oh Cod, you are such a sour puss at times!

Go on, you keep lurking on these craft threads - you know you want to join it! Just go for it!

Get a piece of white paper and make a shirt, I think even you might be surprised at how rewarding your efforts will be

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soapbox · 29/01/2006 18:21

Dingle I am no expert on teams but it looks like arsenal, man united, newcastle, chelsea and two that I don't recognise!!

One is white with bits of blue and red roung the sleeve and neck line. The other is another red one!

All of them say, I love football on them, where the team logos would go. I usually put a number brad on the middle of them, which is for the age of the person getting the card!

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codnotmud · 29/01/2006 18:37

soapy you are so sweet.

codnotmud · 29/01/2006 18:37

( ahem villa is claret and blue )

Hausfrau · 29/01/2006 18:39

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freshstart · 29/01/2006 18:51

That is cool!

codnotmud · 29/01/2006 18:52

ok add fs to the list of pals who are lost to craft

Whizzz · 04/02/2006 15:25

OOO I just made a little shirt

Not put it on a card as yet!

Yorkiegirl · 04/02/2006 15:26

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SoupDragon · 04/02/2006 16:44

I kept meaning to look for this thread to note down the paper size and lo! It pops back into active convos.

Can't ypu just mock up a chealsea one with blue paper and white paint?

Yorkiegirl · 04/02/2006 16:48

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soapbox · 04/02/2006 17:25

YG - of course I'll let you have one!

Why don't I send it to you in with the cheque for the do-crafts goodie bag?

Let me know how much and I'll pop it in the post for you on Monday!

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soapbox · 04/02/2006 17:26

And just in case anyone was wondering the other two teams were fullham and liverpool (the shame of being told this by a 5YO)!

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Yorkiegirl · 04/02/2006 17:41

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