This week's Iron Craft challenge was "Hometown". I was excited about this one because I am a HUGE fan of my hometown. Even though we've been gone five years, I still miss home every day and we head back for lots of visits.
Youngstown was an old steel town, so I decided to make a steel town shirt for Aidan. He is a big fan of "the steel making process", as he calls it. I went to the Center for Working-Class Studies website and found some awesome photographs. The photo I chose is a picture of the Jeanette blast furnace. This blast furnace was the last of it's kind to shut down in Youngstown; and, was one of the oldest in the country. It's a classic Youngstown image and the "Jenny" in Bruce Springsteen's song, "Youngstown".
I printed the photo and Youngstown logo onto iron-on transfer paper and just ironed them onto a plain white shirt. Aidan seemed to like it. He wore it yesterday and now it's covered in chocolate eclair stains...oh well, at least I know where to get another one!
Lemme guess. The chocolate eclairs were homemade too. Honestly, woman...you put Martha Stewart to shame.
ReplyDeleteI wish! They were overpriced grocery store ones we ate in the car. :)
ReplyDeleteI want a Youngstown shirt! That's a sweet design!
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