How to Decorate a T-Shirt - 19 patterns

There are many ways to give an old t-shirt a makeover. In addition to refashioning an old t-shirt into a completely new garment to give it a new lease of life, there are other ways you can decorate an old or wanted t-shirt to make it into an attractive and stylish garment.

In this section of FreeNeedle, we have selected tutorials that show you how to give an old or plain t-shirt a makeover using embroider, dye techniques appliqué and more!

If you are looking for other ideas for recycling and repurposing t-shirts, take a look at the tutorials in our other sections where you'll find ideas for upcycling t-shirts into clothes, refashioning baggy t-shirts into stunning tops, making t-shirt yarn for knitting and many more tutorials and projects that will provide plenty of inspiration for giving that pile of old t-shirts a new lease of life!

Marker Print

Silly easy really does sum this up and the tutorial is simplicity itself, but it's such a simple and clever no-sew idea, we had to include it. All you…
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Quick St Patrick's Day Shamrock Applique

As half the world seem to be Irish once a year, here's a quick little applique sewing project to help celebrate St Patrick's Day. The whole making process…
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Vertical Ruffle Shirt

This simple t-shirt refashioning project uses one t-shirt as a donor to supply fabric for the ruffles of the final top, but you could perhaps look on…
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Moonlit Bats T-Shirt

Learn how to use fabric die and paint to create a bat themed t-shirt. Ideal for Halloween or other batty occasions!
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Colorblock Draped T-Shirt

This is a bold and pretty short sleeved top that has two bold sweeps of color across the front. Designed for knit fabric, it has a flattering drapey and…
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Freezer Paper Stencilled Lego Man T-Shirt

This is really cute t-shirt project and the basic concept could be easily adapted to all sorts of designs. Freezer paper is used as the material for cutting…
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Lower a T-Shirt Neckline

This tutorial explains how to carry out the simple idea of lowering the neckline of a t-shirt to give it a more flattering style.
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Iron On T-shirt Designs

This tutorial describes the process of applying your own designs to t.shirts using iron on printer paper
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