Rather than dying a slow death like most trends do after a couple of months, the graphic word tee appears to have long term staying power. And so without further ado, I bring you the handmade version. Pretty simple (I questioned even posting the steps lest you all go ‘duuurrrrr genevaaaa’) and something I made a little while ago, it’s definitely the trend of the summer. Given we have a month and a bit left of summer I thought why not? To go on my shirt I chose something fun – merde being my favourite french word (literally meeting sh*t), with hundreds of different figurative meanings depending on how it’s said. I used to live with a French guy in London and as long as he had ‘merde’ he barely needed anything else. I was also on the metro in Paris once and heard a 6 year old say it and nobody batted an eyelid – love France!
You need:
- A t-shirt (this one’s J Crew but they are sold out – this one would also work)
- Iron on letters (these are from Michaels)
- Scissors
- An iron
- A piece of cotton
How to:
1. Cut out your letters.
2. Lay the letters down plastic side up on the t-shirt and play around with your placement.
3. Put the tee with letters in place on the ironing board and cover with the cotton.
4. Iron the word on a low heat setting.
5. Once you have done that for a few minutes, turn the tee inside out and iron the other side of the letters too so the glue sets really well.
6. Remove the letters by pulling the edges of the plastic.
And there you have it. Merde c’est tellement facile! (sh*t that’s so easy!)
That looks amazing! 🙂
Cool, cheap alternative to buying a $50 tshirt with a label on it!
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xx
Agreed!
What a fun tee. I love it and it’s not merde at all!! 😀
xx Mira
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nice and easy idea!! cool DIY
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Great DIY! I’ve been wanting to do this for ages
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This is such a fantastic idea! I think I will surely try it.. In the last weeks I’ve been searching for the perfect word tee, and I’ve not found the one, now maybe it’s time to make my own perfect!
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why buy when you can diy?
I love it! I’ve made something like this once when I went to a concert and wanted a shirt with band’s logo and it looked absolutely great! xx
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how fun! would love to see it.
great idea! Am loving all the DIY inspiration from this site. thank you! x
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This tee looks great! I’ve been after a printed tee for ages now, I might just have to make my own =]
Aysha x
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Love it, it’s so easy to do.
it looks so good!
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Simple but brilliant, looks really great!
Lauren
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so creative!!! love it!
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Nice!
Such a pretty and easy DIY! I’m definitely gonna try this :)!!
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Love the idea of taking a DIY approach to this!
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I know right, these tees aren’t that cheap in stores!
Haha I love that top, it’s rude without being too in your face about it! Am do looking forward to making my own 🙂
Thats what I like about it too – if you’re going to wear a word tee make it fun!
I love making something out of a plain t shirt! I’m defintiely goign to have to try this some weekend soon!
Great to hear 🙂
wowwww!!! this is amazing!
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like it!
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I want one! xx
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I want one!! soo cute xx
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I want one!! So cute!! xx
Such a big fan of your site! Very cute tee – I made a similar version for baby onesies using “merde” as well, so it was so fun to see this post!
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I love them! Sooo cute!
Good idea!! i def gonna try it!
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xx
-A
I love how many of these iron-on pieces they sell in America. Somehow they don;t sell this as much here in the Netherlands and online they are hard to find…Great end result! xx
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Oh no, sorry to hear that!
I love it! And I love the choice of word too, subtle, but effective!
glad you like!
I dont have word for this one. Reminded me of Ivania from love-aesthetics.Simple yet so incredible.
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To me that’s the highest compliment 🙂
et oui…Merde alors !
ahahahahaah you are crazy in italian “merde” is a very abuse non for joke!
Sorry to hear that!
How lovely!
Valentina
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I think that as long as the message is right you can wear these shirts each season! 😀 Love the word Merde because it sounds harmless unless you know some french 😉
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Hahaha I totally agree, perhaps my fave word around. ‘Putain’ is also a popular french word which literally means whore but people use it every 5 seconds to mean everything. They always say ‘merde putain!’.
Wow, that is really cool. I think I will try it out. ^_^
hahahahah I love that last line Geneva – shit thats so easy! This seems like a really fun girls weekend activity!!! Thanks for sharing lovely
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Hahaha hoping it’s not to hard for you to recreate!
such a great DIY…love it! xxx
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I recently saw a Markus Lupfer dress with a sequin slogan which I instantly feel in love with but could not find it in my size. I’ve been looking to recreate that with a DIY and you’ve given me some inspiration right here! Thank you!
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You must, they are so easy to make!!
Creative!
Kath from Seventy Two
I love this DIY! I’m definitely going to have to try it.
– Ree
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Great to hear, glad you were bored by how simple it was!
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Love this. I have actually done this before and it’s easy. I think black and white is best with this and keep it small. Great post.
I like the idea of black and white.
Wonderful, im just wondering, what will happen if you wash it?
Will it get damaged?
If I were you. I’d never ever wear that shirt in Italy…. and i’m italian. TRUST ME….
it wouldn’t be pleasent.
but cute idea (word apart)
I’m french and I love your blog 🙂 merci pour le tuto !!
Wow, with so many beautiful words from this beautiful language, why choose a vulgar one?!
Hi Geneva my name is Erika and I’m italian girl, I love your DIY, your STYLE… ahah in any case the word “MERDE” also in italian means “SHIT” but at the plural 🙂 keep it up you’re going strong ( sorry for my english incorrect ) See you soon !
How cute! I really enjoyed this 🙂
Just in time. I opened my own buisness. Now i can make tee shirts for my girls to look professional
What a cute idea! 🙂
Great ideas. I will try it soon.
almost forgot I added your DIY to my posts