Michael Fletcher asked me personally to make him a t-shirt, because he saw my own t-shirts and loved the designs. I have known Mikey for years and have watched him in many shows in Liverpool. I designed and made this unique Scouse t-shirt with a Russian twist for Mikey because he always plays a Russian/Scouse role - it took a lot of patience and countless hours to complete the t-shirt.
I instructed my personal assistants how to create it step by step. I always use Photoshop and Illustrator on my Mac computer to create my initial designs. Once they are printed out on card - they are cut to make stencils and used to create the outlines on a plain t-shirt. Then the transferred design gets coloured in with fabric pens, to help to visualise the different sections and apply a base of various background colours.
To make the colours permanent, the design had to be ironed over. Then each individual rhinestone needed to be glued on using fabric glue, the t-shirt was left to dry thoroughly before the fabric paint and glitter could be applied. Each individual coloured fabric paint and glitter was then applied separately. The time-consuming aspect was waiting for the paint and glitter to dry before the excess glitter could be shaken off - before another coloured paint/glitter could be applied. The finished t-shirt looks professional and effective, I'm thrilled with the final result and the fact Mikey gave me the opportunity to design this for him.
Here are some photos of Mikey wearing his t-shirt.
