Quick & Easy Batman Costume

Just in time for Halloween, the quickest and easiest Batman (or Batgirl) costume.

What you'll need:

• Computer and printer
• Scissors
• A black shirt of any type
• Yellow chalk

To make the matching mask you'll need black felt and some elastic or ribbon, preferably black. I used a sewing machine but it could be sewn by hand as well.

I googled "batman mask template" and came across this one from Laura's Crafty Life.com.
I corrected the size to fit my particular superhero (I used the same template for the mask) and hit print.

Next I simply held the cut out on the shirt and used yellow chalk to outline it in bright streaks moving outward from the paper to the fabric.

Be sure to spray with an ample amount of hairspray to set the chalk.

Let the hairspray dry before pulling on the shirt.

  Nothing to it!

MASK:

The mask is slightly more complicated. I used the same template for both projects. I used the chalk exactly as I did to make the symbol on the shirt only this time I used black felt. 

Make two of these, pin them back to back and sew around all the edges.

Add some ribbon or elastic to complete your mask.

To the Batmobile!

Simple Art To Match Anything - Part 2

As promised: New bed, new bedspread, new canvas.

Very similar to the last post with a few things I learned along the way.

The first step was to take a photo of the pattern.

I decided I liked the white space above the flowers and decided that this would be my square to duplicate.










I used Paint to divide the photo into 4 separate files.

Next I printed them each on a separate piece of paper.
(See, I did learn something.)










All four pieces should fit together on the canvas.

I used carbon paper behind each piece as I did the first time.







Things were much easier to line up with the four separate pieces of paper

I purchased a new paintbrush that made the whole process much, much easier.

 I added some colour to highlight the flower cushion. It was somewhat successful.

Ready to hang!