Re: ChocoPolo shirt :)

ScienceDad · Post by **ScienceDad** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:33 pm

I've been meaning to add cross-stitches to polo shirts for a while, and finally got around to creating - a ChocoPolo!

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(That's my wife's hand in the photo - she was in the middle of ironing it when I snapped the photo.)
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Mom-mii · Post by **Mom-mii** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:47 am

That's so cute! Very stylish!

AngiKate · Post by **AngiKate** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:08 am

So cute! ^_^

kuja.girl · Post by **kuja.girl** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:17 pm

great idea!
Did you stitch straight on the shirt or attach it somehow?

ScienceDad · Post by **ScienceDad** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:24 pm

kuja.girl wrote:great idea!
Did you stitch straight on the shirt or attach it somehow?

I have a massive amount of waste canvas (long story) so I attached a small square of it to the shirt with a few stitches, and then stitched directly into the canvas and fabric of the shirt. Soaking the whole assembly for a few minutes with warm water makes the waste canvas unbond, and it's easy to just pull the canvas threads out leaving the stitch behind.
I've gotta make more of these

And the shirt itself was relatively cheap ($15)!
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kuja.girl · Post by **kuja.girl** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 12:25 pm

sweet! I've never used waste canvas but I may just have to try it now :D great looking project.

BooChocoBoom · Post by **BooChocoBoom** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:05 pm

As a Choco enthusiast, this deserves three loud warks!

My husband requested ties with vid game themes - can't wait to break into my own store of waste canvas (it's been sitting looking sorry for a few months now).