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How to Make a Dalmatian Shirt With Felt

Dalmatians are white dogs that are famous for their black spots. If you want to dress up to resemble your pet's coat, you can create the same look using a white T-shirt and black or brown felt. Felt can be found in craft stores, fabric stores and online, and can be easily cut to resemble Dalmatian spots. Attaching the spots to the shirt can be tedious but isn't difficult at all, and doesn't require an extensive sewing experience.

Things You'll Need

Black felt
White crayon
Scissors
Plain white T-shirt
Sewing pins
Needle and black thread

Instructions

- 1
  Lay a sheet of black felt on a flat surface.
- 2
  Create multiple spot shapes of varying sizes on the black felt using a white crayon. The amount of spots you choose to make is completely up to you, as there are some dalmatians with only a few spots and some with many.
- 3
  Cut the spot shapes from the felt using a pair of scissors.
- 4
  Lay a plain whiteT-shirt on a flat surface and arrange the spots over the shirt as you wish. Secure the spots to the shirt using sewing pins so that both the front, sides and back of the shirt can be spotted.
- 5
  Push a needle threaded with black thread through the bottom of a spot. Stitch the entire perimeter of the spot to attach it to the shirt. Knot the thread when the needle is inside the shirt and cut it away using scissors. Remove the sewing pin from the spot.
- 6
  Repeat until all spots have been secured.

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