diy: t-shirt on canvas in 4 easy steps

In case you missed this on my Instagram, here's a quick tutorial of the t-shirt on canvas DIY project I completed last week. This might be my favorite DIY project I've ever done. It's so easy, and the result was even better than I had envisioned. I first saw this project on Pinterest {duh}, and thought it would be such a cool thing to do in our basement. So I put it on my winter bucket list, and lo and behold, I actually followed through. Starting the year off with a win. I dig.

Here's how I made my t-shirt on canvas art in four easy steps:


STEP 1: Choose your t-shirts and size of your canvas {I used 12x12. I bought a seven pack at Michael's for $10 after using a 50% off coupon}. I made sure that my t-shirt designs fit nicely on the canvas prior to cutting up the shirts. I chose a shirt I wore in high school, Shawn's high school soccer jersey, a college t-shirt {which is where we met, awwww}, one from the high school where I coach cheerleading and t-shirts of our favorite sports teams.


STEP 2: I cut the t-shirts in half-separating the front and back-so that there was less fabric to staple through and cut off later {I highly recommend a good pair of scissors, trust me}. I centered the design on the canvas, then flipped the canvas over to staple the shirt to the back of the canvas. I stapled the top first, then the bottom, then each side. I cut off the access fabric so that the canvas would lay flat on the wall when hung.


STEP 3: Repeat until you feel like your fingers are going to fall off. I blame my crappy scissors.


STEP 4: Hang them up. We hung ours in our basement {aka man cave} and just used a couple of finishing nails for each canvas.

It really does make for cool wall art, and is a great way to feature t-shirts we liked but didn't wear anymore and t-shirts that hold some significance for us.