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Tif
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Tif asked in Home & GardenDo It Yourself (DIY) · 2 decades ago

iron on or sew on?

I bought a "wife-beater" tank from a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert. It is about 3 inches too short. I would like to cut out the design and either sew it on a different shirt or iron it on. Any Suggestions?

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  • 2 decades ago
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    BOTH

    Go to a craft store and by the 'stitch-witchery' or whatever they call it at your store. It will be a thin layer of stiff material that you place between two fabrics to create iron ons.

    After to get your design where you want it, iron it on.

    Then go back around the edge with a zig zag stitch. This will keep it in place and keep it from peeling off after several washings.

    (So - did you have a rough voice the next day from yelling "FREEBIRD" at the top of your lungs for 15 minutes??)

  • I would do both.

    go to your nearest fabric store, ask them for a fabric bond. tell them what your going to do. then using the instructions, make the design an iron-on and transfer it to the new shirt. then run some funky stitching around the edges.

  • 2 decades ago

    Sew it on.

    Nice avatar.

    Good Luck.

    Hope this helps.

  • 2 decades ago

    Sew it up but use som really funky stitches

    Source(s): expericnce
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  • 2 decades ago

    In my experience when you sew something on it is more durable and lasts longer.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    Sewing is better my child.

  • Rufus
    Lv 4
    2 decades ago

    sewing it on would last longer

  • 2 decades ago

    Add wide lace to the bottom instead.

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