Family jammies are so popular right now and if you are looking for an easy project then these DIY Believe Family Jammies are sure to be exactly what you are looking for.
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DIY Believe Family Jammies
I love family jammies and we have done them every year for about 4 years now. They can be pretty pricey though and this year I had a better idea. I hit up our local store and grabbed some blank shirts for about $5.00 each and they also had a great deal on matching pants for families for $6-$7 each. That was far cheaper than the $100 that I had spent on jammies in years past. I came home and jumped on Cricut Design Space and pulled up some images from their online library, called Cricut Access, and created the “Believe” design you see above. I followed the directions in Cricut Design space and loaded each mat with the colors I wanted and the settings needed for the iron on vinyl and started the cutting. I made sure that design was mirrored and then I cut out a Believe design for each of the 4 of us. I made some size adjustments for the kids shirts so that the font was slightly smaller and then I used my Cricut tools to weed the iron on vinyl. Once the weeding was complete, I allowed my Cricut Easypress 2 to heat up to the recommended shirt and vinyl settings and then began to layer the design. Since the design has an offset to it, there was 6 different presses that I needed to complete to get one shirt done, but each press only takes 30 seconds and the Everyday Iron-On vinyl that I was using peels warm with little wait time. I layered the design by first placing the black layer of “Believe” then I placed the white layer of “Believe” From there I layered the black of the santa hats and then the red and white. I also like to do a final press once everything is on and all the plastic has been peeled off to really set the design in. The result was really just a beautiful shirt that brings the spirit of the holidays to life. I created the design so that it would be easy to put on various colors of shirts. We did the kids in grey and my husband and I in red. The design pops on both colors and I am sure it would look great on white, black or even green!